NihontoWatchNihontoWatchAkita Shoami was a branch of the Shoami school that flourished in Akita during the Edo period, leaving behind excellent metalwork pieces centered around the first generation Shoami Denbei. This work is a tatemaru-gata tetsu-ji tsuba considered to be a work from around the mid-Edo period, expressing irregular curved patterns reminiscent of insects crawling or eating their way across the entire surface in senbori. Iroe of tsuyu-zogan remains in places, adding variety to the blackish tetsu-ji. The mimi is a dotemimi, exuding a sense of weight and showing a unique charm despite its simplicity. It is attributed to Akita Shoami and passed the Hozon Tosogu Shinsa in Reiwa 7 (2025).
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11 pieces on the market now
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Denshichi伝七 | 1670 | 1 |
| Shoami Rokuya正阿弥六弥 | — | 1 |
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