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Small Ko-katchushi Iron Tsuba with Sukashi Decoration of a Conch Shell
June 2016 Auction by Far East Asian Art

An armorer's iron tsuba, possibly for a wakizashi as it is somewhat diminuitive in size. Or perhaps more in keeping with its apparent age, an early example of a proportionately small tsuba used with an uchigatana as was first the fashion. Sukashi decoration of a conch (horagai) traditionally used for ritual practices and for signaling on the battlefield...
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