tsuba38
TOKEI
 
6.9cm x 6.8cm x 5mm
 
A TOKEI style tsuba of Kanayama school or Owari school in 16th century.
The rim is very good rust condition with gentle tekkotsu.
But I am very sorry that the surfaces be not perfect condition.
The rust on the surfaces are thinner than the rust on the rim.
And the surfaces seem a little flat, it should be more bumpy by natural ageing.
Probably it was treated with incorrect way in the past.
 
The a little small size and the bumpy surface seems Kanayama school.
But it is not definitely.
  Some gentle tekkotsu appear on the rim.
A wood box is added.
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