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A Japanese wari-kōgai

Iron chopsticks that combine as a kogai, with silver inlaid Paulownia mon.

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Iron chrysanthemum tsuba

Large example with gold and silver overlay.

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Converted Chinese guard

A purely Chinese guard and not a very ornate one, converted for Japanese use.

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Unusual dragon gate guard

Asian sword guard of unknown origin, modified in Japan.

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"South China Sea Guard"

Most likely used by the multi-cultural crews of pirate fleets that roamed the South China seas.

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Classic Choshu ship tsuba

The work nice and crisp, the execution has a naturalistic charm to it.

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Ono school ship tsuba

Description A classic Japanese ship tsuba with a motif called “kazeh

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An Edo period kankyûtô

A double-edged samurai tool with morbid origins.

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Eight-lobed openwork tsuba

Description A fairly unusual piece, of eight-lobed design.

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Japanese tsuba in Canton style

Also known as Kwanto-gata, with two facing dragon chasing a pearl.

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Rooster fight kozuka

Executed in gold and silver on a shakudō nanako base, with golden back.

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A nanban tsuba

A rather good example of a Japanese-made nanban tsuba.

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A nanban tsuba with Christian orb

A near round tsuba with beaded rim depicting two dragons in vegetal scrollwork.

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Seiryūken Eiju dragon tsuba

Tetsugendo school. Round plate with discoid cross-section, chiseled with dragons.

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Signed nanban style ship tsuba

Signed by an artist named Kanesada from Higo.

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Tachi tsuba of nanban tetsu

A rare 17th-century sword guard made of foreign steel.

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Chinese export sword guard

An iron openwork guard two dragons chasing a flaming pearl.

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"Love of Lotus" Korean guard

Description Korean ceremonial sabers of the Joseon dynasty are pretty

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Ezo style tsuba

Introduction What are today known as "Ezo fittings" are a style of Japanese sword mount

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Chinese cavalry matchlock

Background While the Chinese are hailed for inventing gunpowder and the

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Qing dynasty hunter's powder flask

Introduction The elite of the Qing dynasty was Manchu, who before taking over China fro

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A Japanese nanban style tsuba

Description An interesting little sword guard, of fairly simple form w

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Fine Malay matchlock musket

A very fine Malay matchlock or "satingar" with Indo-Portuguese style luck.

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Fine Kinai dragon tsuba

Made by the Kinai group of Echizen, who originated as horimono carvers.

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Asian export disc guard

The design, overlaid in silver, gold, and copper, over a crosshatched background shows dragon amongst clouds.

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Vietnamese musket with silver lock

Cochinchina, second half of the 18th century.

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Burmese sword carbine

A rare Burmese weapon combining a percussion carbine with a short sword.

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Ainu sword hilt

Made of wood, with a silver ornamental fitting of remarkable workmanship.

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A Korean sword guard

Adjusted for use on a Japanese sword.

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Vietnamese matchlock

A nice example with fossil elephant or mastodon molar butt plates.

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An Indonesian blunderbuss

Of Chinese manufacture, traded widely and used gainst the Dutch during the Aceh Wars in 1873–1904.

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Chinese lòukōng sword guard

The archetypical Chinese sword guard that gave rise to the Japanese genre of "nanban tsuba".

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House of Aviz tsuba

A Japanese sword guard with the cross of the House of Aviz.

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Antique Chinese saber fittings

Description An antique set of scabbard fittings for a Chinese saber, probably second ha

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A nanban kozuka / kogatana

Nanban kozuka are extremely rare, and this is a particularly fine example.

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Chinese openwork (loukong) saber guard

The archetypical Chinese sword guard of the 17th century.

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