SHOAMI Tsuba


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PROVENANCE:    Elliott D. Long $600.00
Iron plate tsuba with excellant original patina. Sukashi in negative silhouette of snow flakes and full moon, half-moon appearing both upper left and lower right. The rim (mimi) is carved to resemble a combination of wood burl with eight bamboo joints. The condition is excellant and well preserved.

Dates to early Edo or older, ca. 1550-1600. (Haynes & Long)
7.1cm x 7.1cm x 0.4cm.

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



A Collaboration of Robert E. Haynes and Elliott D. Long


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