Swords and Accessories

Tsuba (Sword Handguard)
Irises
Signature: made by Tadatoki, Bushu resident, Akasaka
Akasaka School
Iron
Early 19th c.
7.3 x 7.2 cm Daisho (Pair of Swords)

Kodachi (Long Sword)
Blade - signature: Bishu Osafune-ju Norikage (Bizen Province), 1392
Blade length: 63.1 cm

Wakizashi (Short Sword)
Blade - unsigned (Osafune, Bizen 15th c.)
Blade length: 38.4 cm

Gift of Daniel and Hilda Lebow, New York
SW 10 a.b Daisho (Pair of Swords)

Katana (Long Sword)
Blade - signature: Ushu Shonai-ju Terutoshi, 1806
Blade length: 69.5 cm

Wakizashi (Short Sword)
Blade- unsigned
attributed to Furuyama Munetsugu; 19th c.
Blade length: 50.8 cm

Gift of Daniel and Hilda Lebow, New York
Katana (Long Sword)
Blade - signature: Yasutsugu o Echizen saku-shi
(Yasutsugu III, Musashi Province)
Seal: three hollyhock leaves in circle
Late 17th c.
Blade length: 69.4 cm
Gift of Daniel and Hilda Lebow, New York


Katana (Long Sword)
Blade - signature: Fujiwara Kunihiro (Yamashiro Province)
Early 17th c.
Blade length: 75.1 cm
Gift of Daniel and Hilda Lebow, New York


Tsuba (Sword Handguard)
Perforated Abstract Forms and Flying Geese
Signature: Kaneiye of Fushimi, Yamashiro
Iron
16th c. or 17th c.
8.5 x 8.3 cm

Tsuba (Sword Handguard)
Plum Blossom
Signature: Tadatsugu
Iron, gold, silver and copper
Late 17th c.
7 x 6.9 cm Tsuba (Sword Handguard)
Shishi Puppy Thrown From a Cliff (Saka Otoshi Shishi)
Signature: Tsuju (?-1768) of Mito
Mito School
Iron
8.1 x 7.5 cm Tsuba (Sword Handguard)
Autumn Grass, Crickets, Crescent Moon,
Stream and Reeds
Signature: made by Masamitsu, Inshu School
Iron, gold, copper and shakudo
(copper, bronze and gold alloy) inlay
Early 19th c.
7.7 x 7.4 cm Tsuba (Sword Handguard)
Bamboo and Flowers
Signature: Chikujoken Mototoshi, Mito School
Shibuichi (copper and silver alloy), gold and silver
Copper and shakudo (copper, bronze and gold alloy) inlay
Second quarter of the 19th c.
6.5 x 5.8 cm Tsuba (sword handguard)
Reeds
Ito school
Iron
First half of the 19th c.
7.3 x 6.9 cm Fuchi and Kashira (Sword Hilt Accessories)
Rinzu Pattern
Kaga School
Shakudo (copper, bronze and gold alloy)
Gold inlay
18th c.
Fuchi: 3.8 cm, Kashira: 3.5 cm Fuchi and Kashira (Sword Hilt Accessories)
Fuchi: Duck and Reeds
Kashira: Duck and Crescent Moon
Goto School
Shakudo, gold, silver and copper inlay, nanako (dots) background
18th c.
Fuchi: 3.8 cm, Kashira: 3.4 cm Fuchi and Kashira (Sword Hilt Accessories)
Plum Tree
Goto School
Shakudo, gold, and coral inlay, nanako (dots) background
First half of 19th c.
Fuchi: 3.8 cm, Kashira: 3.5 cm Kogai (Hairpin)
Peonies
Kaga School
Shakudo (copper, bronze and gold alloy)
Gold, silver and copper inlay
18th c.
22.6 cm