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Iron irregular shape openwork tsuba

A pair of Bush Warblers on an old Ume tree motif

Openwork, polished surface, Kebori-style carving Rounded contour Mimi edge, both hitsu-ana punches

Signed :  Kazunari-zou

Naruki Kazuhiko (Issei/Kazunari) (Nakatsugawa-city Intangible Cultural Asset)

85.0 x 81.8 mm Mimi edge 5.7 mm thick

Set in a high quality concaved paulownia wooden box signed and stamped by the artisan with the date of year In the 5th month,55th year of Showa (1980)

Artisan Naruki Kazuhiko 成木一彦 - smith name Kazunari (Issei) 一成  was born in 1931 and learned from Takahashi Kaishu 高橋介州.

He has been trying to re-produce the Iron Tsubas, such as Owari, Kanayama, Akasaka and Yagyu using fine steel from his own smelting furnace "TATARA".

Nakatsugawa-city Intangible Cultural Asset in 1981
a Medal with Yellow Ribbon awarded in 1986
Mukansa awarded from NBTHK  in 2009
This is a reproduction of the masterpiece Tsuba of HAYASHI  林school when he was matured 49 years old in 1980.