Godai (5th) Takahashi Kinai Tsuba
Nikubori sukashi tsuba of maru gata-slight nademaru gata shape.
Kaku mimi with silver fukurin. Kozuka and Kogai hitsu ana.
Very thick tsuba. 7.6cm X 7.3cm.
Kaku mimi with silver fukurin. Kozuka and Kogai hitsu ana.
Very thick tsuba. 7.6cm X 7.3cm.
Omote mei 'Echizen no Ju' 'Kinai Saku' H 03170.0 (died 1821?)
Design is "Noshi" strips of paper or ribbons tied in a knot (added on a card for special circumstances).
PROVENANCE: Elliott D. Long
Originally, the Shodai Ishikawa Kinai was a token kirimonoshi (sword engraver). He formed a separate class, and was an eminent craftsman who originated the Kinai engraving method. Kinai family succeeded for six generations in Echizen area as Tsuba making family.
$1000.00