EditorialPleated cockade fan, Glazed cotton leaf, tortoise shell handle, silk cord, Pleated cockade fan. Leaf of glazed cotton with silk cords attached--one to the upper center of leaf and the other to the lower center through a hole in the tortoiseshell tube. ...
EditorialBris? fan, Carved tortoiseshell sticks, silk ribbon (probably replacement), tortoiseshell washer and metal loop at the rivet, Bris? fan of tortoise shell with green silk ribbon. Blades mostly plain with three carved panels. Guards carved in high relief...
EditorialSword Guard (Tsuba), 16th century, Japanese, Iron, H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.4 oz. (124.7 g), Sword Furniture-Tsuba, Nobuiye is one of the earliest smiths to sign iron tsuba. This example features a de...
EditorialSword Guard (Tsuba), 16th century, Japanese, Iron, H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.4 oz. (124.7 g), Sword Furniture-Tsuba, Nobuiye is one of the earliest smiths to sign iron tsuba. This example features a de...