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Apr. 23, 2026
[Image1]Introduction of the Tsuba from WakeidoTitle: Kamewari Onkou Tsuba Signature: Gagetsusai Hamano Naoch
[Image2]Introduction of the Tsuba from WakeidoTitle: Kamewari Onkou Tsuba Signature: Gagetsusai Hamano Naoch
[Image3]Introduction of the Tsuba from WakeidoTitle: Kamewari Onkou Tsuba Signature: Gagetsusai Hamano Naoch
[Image4]Introduction of the Tsuba from WakeidoTitle: Kamewari Onkou Tsuba Signature: Gagetsusai Hamano Naoch
[Image5]Introduction of the Tsuba from WakeidoTitle: Kamewari Onkou Tsuba Signature: Gagetsusai Hamano Naoch

Introduction of the Tsuba from Wakeido

Title: Kamewari Onkou Tsuba

Signature: Gagetsusai Hamano Naochika (Seal)

Certification: [N.B.T.H.K.] Tokubetsu Hozon Tousougu

Size: Length 72.5mm, Width 68.5mm, Thickness 4mm

Period: Late Edo period, around Bunka and Bunsei

School: Hamano school

Explanation
The Hamano school is a prestigious lineage founded by Masazumi, producing notable artisans such as Kizuzui, Naochika, Horie Kousei, and Iwama Masaru. Naochika, known as Seibei, studied under Kizuzui to hone his skills, leaving behind collaborative works with his master. He resided in Kofu, Kai.
This work features high relief carving and inlaid color painting on a quarter-inch surface, depicting the scene of Kamewari Onkou. Kamewari Onkou refers to the story of Sima Guang, a politician from the Northern Song dynasty in China, who cleverly saved a friend who had fallen into a water jar during childhood. This tale teaches that a person's life is more precious than a valuable jar, symbolizing the importance of life in temple carvings and festival floats. It is also known as "Sima Onkou's Jar Breaking" or "Breaking the Jar to Save a Child."
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株式会社和敬堂
浜野派は政随を祖として矩随、直随、直親や堀江興成、岩間政盧などを輩出した名家である。 直親は清兵衛といい、直随に師事し腕を磨く。師の直随との合作の作品も残している。甲斐甲府住。 本作は四分一地に鋤出高彫、象嵌色絵を施し甕割温公の図が見事である。
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Apr. 23, 2026
Introduction of Tsuba from Wakeido Title: Takanoha Mon Chirashi Zu Tsuba Signature: Koyama Motohiro made this, Touryusai Kiyotoshi carved it Bunsei 13th year, Oborotsuki, requested by Arakawa Kougyo Certification: [N.B.T.H.K.] Tokubetsu Hozon Tousougu Size: Length 86.5mm Width 83mm Thickness 4.5mm Period: AD 1830 School: Touryusai school Description This is a tsuba crafted by Koyama Motohiro, the official swordsmith of the Nihonmatsu Domain, with engraving done by Touryusai Kiyotoshi. Koyama Motohiro was the finest swordsmith of the Nihonmatsu Domain, having trained under Kunisada in Sendai and further honing his skills in Edo under Suishinshi Masahide. The Touryusai school traces its origins to Kiyotoshi Tanaka, who was born in Aizu in the first year of the Bunka era and is said to have trained in the Aizu Shōami school during his youth. He honed his skills under Kōno Shunmei when the latter visited Tōhoku, completing a clever style known as the Touryusai school that became popular during the late Edo period. This tsuba is a collaboration between a swordsmith and a metalworker, making it a rare piece.
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Apr. 22, 2026
Introduction of Kozuka from Wakedō Title: Akikusamushi zu Kozuka Signature: Made by Nakagawa Isshō Certification: N.B.T.H.K. Hozon Tousougu Dimensions: Length 97.5mm, Width 14.5mm Period: Last of Edo School: Goto Ichijō school Description Nakagawa Isshō is a distinguished craftsman from the Goto Ichijō school. He was initially called Naojirō and later Gohei, born as the second son of Nakagawa Katsusuke in 1829 in Tsuyama, Mimasaka. The Nakagawa family has served the Matsudaira clan of Tsuyama for generations and he first studied under his father, taking the name Katsumi and becoming a clan craftsman. Later, on command, he went to Kyoto and became a disciple of Goto Ichijō. In 1851, he went to Edo with his master and was permitted to take the name Ikki in 1857. After Ichijō returned to Kyoto in 1862, he remained in Edo, serving the Tsuyama clan there, and changed his name to Isshō around this time. His work is similar to that of his master Ichijō. This piece is also of excellent quality, resembling Ichijō's work, and the short verse on the back is a poem by Ichijō.

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