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A group of five tsuba
The fifth signed Echizen ju Myochin Yoshihisa saku, Edo period (19th century)
A group of five tsuba comprising an oval shibuich nanako tsuba with shishi (leonine creatures) and peonies in high relief silver, gold, and colored metal inlay; a mokko shape iron tsuba with a dragon weaving through the ground in high relief silver inlay; an oval black-patinated copper alloy tsuba pierced and carved roundly in the form of an encircling dragon, gilt details; a mokko shape high-rimmed shakudo nanako tsuba with two dragons and on the reverse peonies in deep sunken relief with gilt details; a round iron tsuba pierced and roundly carved with cavorting shishi (leonine creatures)
each 3 in. (7.62 cm.) approximately