Antique Japanese 17th Century Samurai Signed Tsuba Sword Hilt Openwork Lotis Leaves Gold Inlay Table This one is 6” wide

This one is 6” wide by 3” high and 3” Deep

Nishimura was thought to be an in-house artist for the publisher and little is known of his biography

he is missing his staff and shows signs of wear as visible in the photos above

Holding the ink stick vertically scrape the stick against the wet stone in small circles

With the removeable mirror attached it comes to 21" high (54 cm)

Antique Japanese 17th Century Samurai Signed Tsuba Sword Hilt Openwork Lotis Leaves Gold Inlay Table This one is 6” wideThis is an antique Japanese early Edo period (c. 1596 1700) tsuba (handguard) for a samurai Wakazashi sword. This tsuba is made with typical forged steel and is in the shape of a marugata and has lotus leaves engraved around openwork. Engraved with the sword smiths mei near the nakakgo hitsu ana. This tsuba shows some wear from use. The wear has smoothed down the whole tsuba and removed most of the gold and other metal inlay. There are no tagane ato