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SHUZUIKEN KIYOAKI: A FINE GOTO SCHOOL SILVER TSUBA WITH KIKU AND SUSUKI UNDER THE CRESCENT MOON By Shuzuiken Kiyoaki, signed Shuzuiken Kiyoaki with kakihan Japan, Goto school, c. 1875 The silver tsuba of nade-kakugata shape, with a kozuka and kogai hitsu-ana, delicately worked in gold and silver takazogan, as well as fine kebori and katakiribori engraving to depict sprigs of kiku (chrysanthemum) under susuki (plume grass), all below a crescent moon on a cloudy night, the reverse with lotus blooming in murky waters and signed SHUZUIKEN KIYOAKI and kakihan (artist’s cursive monogram). HEIGHT 6.5 cm, LENGTH 5.8 cm WEIGHT 124.6 g Condition: Very good condition with minor wear. The artist is listed in the Haynes Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists on pp. 674 (H 03227.0).
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SHUZUIKEN KIYOAKI: A FINE GOTO SCHOOL SILVER TSUBA WITH KIKU AND SUSUKI UNDER THE CRESCENT MOON By Shuzuiken Kiyoaki, signed Shuzuiken Kiyoaki with kakihan Japan, Goto school, c. 1875 The silver tsuba of nade-kakugata shape, with a kozuka and kogai hitsu-ana, delicately worked in gold and silver takazogan, as well as fine kebori and katakiribori engraving to depict sprigs of kiku (chrysanthemum) under susuki (plume grass), all below a crescent moon on a cloudy night, the reverse with lotus blooming in murky waters and signed SHUZUIKEN KIYOAKI and kakihan (artist’s cursive monogram). HEIGHT 6.5 cm, LENGTH 5.8 cm WEIGHT 124.6 g Condition: Very good condition with minor wear. The artist is listed in the Haynes Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists on pp. 674 (H 03227.0).
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