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A group of eight iron tsuba
The third signed Yuyusai Tomonori, Edo period (17th - 19th century)
A group of eight tsuba comprising: a round iron tsuba pierced with bamboo leaves with gilt details; a round iron tsuba pierced and carved with a bamboo trunk and leaves; a round iron square-rimmed tsuba pierced and carved with hollyhock leaves; a round pierced tsuba roundly carved with water plantain with gilt details; a round iron tsuba pierced and carved with auspicious emblems of hat, jewel, key, and coins; an oval pierced iron tsuba with a crab and bamboo grass; a mokko shape iron tsuba with Shingen style centipede motif in brass and iron inlay and pierced with stylized snowflakes; an oval pierced iron tsuba with a teahouse and tea ceremony utensils
each 3.25 in. (8.26 cm.) approximately