Bamboo Tsuba
S0464
A huge brown iron tsuba from the school of Natsuo (H 06965). Likely a graduation piece from the Tokyo School of Fine Arts. Circa. 1850. 9 cm x 8.73 cm x 4.6 mm. This tsuba is in such wonderful condition, and with the classic Natsuo brown patina, that were it not for the sekigane, I would have thought it a modern reproduction. Robert Haynes said absolutely genuine Natsuo school work. Some of Natsuo's students were Kagagawa Katsuhiro (H 02768); Tsukada Hideaki (H 00993); Tomoo (H 010054); Sekibun (H 08120 -- click on the third tiger on my index page); Unno Shomin (H08764), who later surpassed him. $1,800