KATCHUSHI  (ca. 1450)


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PROVENANCE:    Robert E. Haynes $750.00
"Round iron plate of average thickness, with well formed and hammered edge folded over onto the plate.

The surface of the plate shows the attention to detail found later in the tsuba produced by the Nobuiye tsuba school, though this guard was made more than a hundred years before their time.

The mushroom (matsutake) sukashi is typical of the period, and shows great age on the walls of this design.
There are many iron bones on the edge of the plate. The shape of the hitsu-ana has been changed from kozuka to kogai at some later date.

A great study piece for both the Katchushi and Nobuiye school styles, Circa 1450." (Haynes)
8.1cm x 8.2cm x
2.40mm/nakago, 4.00mm/mimi.

How to Purchase this Tsuba

If you would like to know more about any Tsuba, or if you are considering a purchase, please send an E-MAIL telling me (Elliott) where you are and what pieces interest you.

Or, if you would rather, you may call me: Phone: (c)503-754-8082  or   (h)503-666-2342

I can discuss payment methods, and estimate shipping and insurance costs. 

For orders within the US, I can accept personal checks, bank checks, or money orders made payable to "Elliott Long." I cannot process credit cards or accept paypal payments. 

Orders from outside the US can be paid with International Postal Money Orders, checks in US dollars written on a US bank, Western Union transfers, or Bank Wire transfers. Contact Me for details. I can give you a quote on shipping and insurance costs, once I have received your mailing address.

Payments should be sent to:   Elliott Long
                                                         P.O. Box 2103
                                                         Gresham, Oregon 97030
                                                         USA



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