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'Echizen ju Kinai saku' SOLD
"A classic example of the work of the fourth generation of the Takahashi Echizen Kinai school of tsuba makers.

The plate is signed on the face side: Echizen ju Kinai saku
H 03170.0
the fourth generation of the Takahashi family, said to have died January 3, 1809.

See ECHIZEN KINAI TSUBA, 1999, by Nobuo and Nobuhide Tsuraoka, page 66, for a very similar example."
(see pictures below)

7.8cm x 7.8cm x 0.4cm. thick
"The design is called, bunbogu, writing materials. In this case, a writing box, paper, brush, ink-stick, and fan paper. This tsuba is very rare to have gold dots of inlay, one on the face of the fan, and two on the reverse. Inlay of any type is very rarely found on any Kinai tsuba."
"For those collecting Kinai school tsuba it is essential that you have a classic example of the signature and work of each generation."
ECHIZEN KINAI TSUBA, 1999                                      by Nobuo and Nobuhide Tsuraoka
Page 66

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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