Antique Japanese Edo Period Iron Tsuba Landscape Scene & Gold Samurai Sword Guard Vase This exquisite piece of antique

This exquisite piece of antique 100+ year old Japanese indigo

The Osaka print tradition represented by Sadanobu II differed meaningfully from the Edo/Tokyo school — bolder color contrasts

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Weight = 11oz

Antique Japanese Edo Period Iron Tsuba Landscape Scene & Gold Samurai Sword Guard Vase This exquisite piece of antiqueAntique Japanese Iron Tsuba with Landscape Scene & Gold Highlights Edo Period Samurai Sword Guard Authentic Japanese iron tsuba (samurai sword guard) featuring a finely carved rural landscape scene with subtle gold accents and atmospheric engraved detail. This elegant tsuba depicts a quiet Japanese countryside setting with small structures, trees, pathways, and distant landscape elements rendered in low relief carving. Portions of the scene retain