'INSHU JU SURUGA SAKU'
3rd   Bizen   Suruga   Master


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Round iron sukashi tsuba with design of a rudder. Symbolic meaning of steering a boat and guiding a samurai.

An excellent example of the work of the 3rd Bizen Suruga Master. The box with Hako-gake and the Tokubetsu Kicho paper from NBTHK dated Showa 42, 1967 were done by the same person at the same time.
7.5cm x 7.6cm x 0.45cm


  
  
  

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