NihontoWatchNihontoWatchMyochin Ki Munemasa was a metalsmith who lived in Edo during the late Edo period, and it is recorded that he received the title of Nagato no Kami and used the official name Shikibu no Jo. He is said to have excelled at iron tsuba with hadatanne and tsuba in the shape of Hatomaru. Hachiman Taro is the common name for Minamoto no Yoshiie, a military commander of the late Heian period, and since the crest of Hachiman Taro Yoshiie is said to be the "Mukai-bato" (facing pigeons) and the mei on this work is chiseled as a copy of an otachi tsuba, it can be thought that a pigeon-shaped tsuba like this was attached to the koshirae of his favorite sword. It is a small, thick tsuba, and the pigeon shape is a very charming work.
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