Antique Japanese Edo Period Iron Tsuba Landscape Scene & Gold Samurai Sword Guard Vase finished to celebrate the wood's

finished to celebrate the wood's exceptional natural figure rather than conceal it

Condition: Patinated

warm grain

Jizō is often depicted holding a wish-fulfilling jewel (hōju) and a staff (shakujō)

its cascading clusters reaching across the white reserve ground

Antique Japanese Edo Period Iron Tsuba Landscape Scene & Gold Samurai Sword Guard Vase finished to celebrate the wood'sAntique 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