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EIGHTEEN TSUBA, 19TH CENTURY AND LATER several metals/alloys and styles including an Inshu Suruga type, others signed Nobuyoshi, Seiryoken Hagiya Katsuhira Kinsen and Hiroyoshi (Mito School), various sizes

Japanese Wakizashi sword, bound ray skin hilt, signed iron Tsuba, in lacquer scabbard, probably late 18th century later shortened, L67cm Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

Japanese katana sword blade, the blade with light hamon, signed tang with pierced hole, together with a later shagreen grip and lacquered scabbard, iron tsuba, the blade 67cm long excluding tang, the tang has been shortened, the blade appears to be circa 1930/40's Kanetsugu saku

AN EARLY BRONZE TSUBA.

Three 19th Century Japanese iron tsuba, one decorated in gold and silver with a monkey reaching to catch a crab, one sukashi tsuba pierced with a floral motif, and one carved with waves, details of spray inlaid with gold (all Edo period)

A Japanese iron tsuba of the Kaga school, inlaid in gilt brass with trailing leaves within a rope pattern border (boxed - Edo period - 19th Century)

Three Japanese cast iron tsuba, one pierced with plum and cherry blossom, one carved with a shi shi with gold details, and one decorated in gold and silver depicting precious objects with a dragon (all Edo period - 19th Century)

A Japanese tsuba, an East Asian sculpture of a seated god on marble base H.9cm, an early 20th century wooden carving depicting a Deity L.9cm, together with a Russian cloisonne enamel shot cup. H.5.5cm

WW2 Japanese Officers Samurai sword with gilt bronze fittings, lacquered scabbard and plain Tsuba

A relic Japanese sword / katana, having parcel-gilt chiselled-steel tsuba and bronze menuki, (tang un-signed, blade edge damaged, tsuka mounts incomplete)

A Japanese sword blade and iron tsuba, blade 62 mm

A Japanese Wakizashi, the 41cm steel blade with narrow fuller to the back edge, copper habaki, plain oval brass tsuba pierced with a single hole, with red stained twisted rattan bound grip and brass oval pommel, the green stained shagreen saya with brass mounts

A Japanese Shinto Katana, the 69.5cm blade with almost horizontal hamon, the tang with faint signature to each side and with single mekugi an, one piece copper habaki with burred edge, iron tsuba applied with parcel gilt bronze birds in flight over waves, the green braid bound same hilt with bronze dragon menuki and chrysanthemum decorated bronze fuchi and kashira, the black lacquer saya decorated with stylised seaweed in red Two tiny nicks to edge near tip of blade, with some black patching to the surface. Saya has cracks near the mouth and the suspension block is broken off

JAPANESE IRON TSUBA SWORD GUARD of circular pierced form, designed as a continuous ring of monkeys, signed, 7cm diameter approx. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT)

A Japanese bronze tsuba

A Japanese Meiji period katana with cloth bound shagreen grip, pierced floral decorated tsuba and slightly curved blade in leather bound scabbard, overall length 98cm.

A Japanese Meiji period wakitashi, with cloth bound shagreen handle, signed tang, decorated iron tsuba and slightly curved blade complete with scabbard, overall length 54.5cm.

GROUP OF SIX JAPANESE IRON TSUBA OR SWORD GUARDS, taking various, basically circular forms, including floral and foliate, one in the form of a horse, one plain scroll work, all pierced. One signed. (6)(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: All rather grubby with some wear commensurate with age.

FOUR JAPANESE IRON TSUBA SWORD GUARDS of various forms, two with gilt highlighting, all pierced with foliate designs, one as an entwined dragon. (4)(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: All have surface rust and wear commensurate with age.

Japanese gold and silver inlaid steel tsuba, late Edo/Meiji period, worked with a heron standing in a river bordered with gold reeds and hanging willow with gold leaves, 87mm x 80mm; also a further Japanese steel tsuba, with simple carved decoration, possibly Edo, 65mm x 55mm (2)

SMALL COLLECTION OF ASIAN OBJECTS comprising an Indian carved ivory female figure playing a flute, 7.6cm high; Chinese carved bone page marker; ivory napkin ring; carved ivory floral brooch with 14K gold pin fitting; ivory vesta case; small Chinese porcelain double bodied scent bottle; and a cast tsuba

A signed bronze Tsuba

Japanese bronze tsuba with bird & floral decoration , signed to centre, W7cm approx

Japanese bronze tsuba with blossom floral decoration , signed to centre, W8cm approx

A Japanese traditional Samurai sword with brass tsuba and other mounts, scabbard with leather cover, overall length 40"

A Japanese Katana, the early 20th Century single edge slightly curved 25in. (73cms) blade above tang inscribed "Banzai" opposite Tsuketaka, the hilt with cast iron tsuba above cord bound ray-skin grip, the wooden scabbard with WWII issue brown leather cover, 36in. (92cms) long overall.

SMALL COLLECTION OF ASIAN OBJECTScomprising an Indian carved ivory female figure playing a flute, 7.6cm high; Chinese carved bone page marker; ivory napkin ring; carved ivory floral brooch with 14K gold pin fitting; ivory vesta case; small Chinese porcelain double bodied scent bottle; and a cast tsuba

A JAPANESE WAKIZASHI ATTRIBUTED TO MASA SADA, HIZEN, c.1711, the 19 1/2" blade with undulating hamon, unsigned tang, iron tsuba, fuchi and kashira depicting dragons, floral menuki, wrapped shagreen grip, lacquered wood saya, bone kogai and turquoise sageo, 32 1/2" long, with identification papers in Japanese (Est. plus 18% premium inc. VAT)

A JAPANESE EDO PERIOD WAKIZASHI, with 15 1/2" curved blade, signed tang, pierced tsuba, floral menuki, shagreen grip, lacquered saya and bronze handled kogatana, 22" long (Est. plus 18% premium inc. VAT)

A Japanese wakizashi, 19th century, the polished steel blade (55.5cm) with signed tang, shakudo decorated tsuba, fish skin grip with dragon menukis, in a gilt wooden saya. Illustrated

19th Century mahogany brass bound box containing a quantity of Japanese sword fittings including tsuba and Menuki, together with a Meiji period tsuba booklet and a watercolour on cloth

A unsigned Japanese Wakizashi, blade length 201/2" in its mottled lacquered Saya and pierced iron tsuba (this broken) cord bound handle complete with copper Fuji Kashera decorated with horses

A circular iron archaic Japanese tsuba, decorated with two storks, together with a further pierced iron tsuba decorated with a concentric vine containing two stylised dragons, a small pierced tsuba chiselled with waves and with silver dot highlights, a further pierced iron circular tsuba decorated with dragons, damaged, and a large circular chiselled iron tsuba decorated with a three-toed dragon, signed. (5)

An early 20th century Japanese Samurai / Kutana officers sword. Japanese character marks to the blade. Brass tsuba, with brass cast tsuka / handle. Within the original leather locking scabbard. Measures a total of 104cm long. 

A miniature finely carved bone plaque,with portrait in profile depicting 15th Century monk, Savonarola, mounted in a shaped hardwood frame, diameter 5cm, together with a Japanese iron tsuba sword guard cast with pierced dragon detail and gilded rim, diameter 9cm

Mid 20th C Japanese Officers Sword with 26.6 inch blade, brass mounted and leather bound scabbard with brass tsuba

WWII period Japanese Officers sword with 27.5 inch single fullered slightly curved blade with green painted steel scabbard no. 1864 with iron tsuba and metal rib grip, the blade stamped 71646 and again on the scabbard is also 71646

A WORLD WAR II JAPANESE OFFICER'S KATANA, blade length 63cm, brass tsuba with cherry blossom decoration, metal scabbard with leather combat cover

A late 19th century Komai style steel table cabinet, the sides of the rounded arch shape flaring down to the four legs, the sides cast a tsuba, the gilt dragons to the door and back flanked by pawlonia leaf mons, the tsubas on the sides centred by frolicking Buddhist lions, the drawer below the door with lion flanked dragon, 16.5cm (6.5 in) high The iron base has been glued back at some stage

A Second World War Japanese Katana, the 69 cm machine made blade with signed tang, one piece copper habaki, gilt brass tsuba, braid bound same hilt with triple chrysanthemum head menuki, painted metal saya

A Collection of Seven Japanese Tsuba, including three iron examples with shakudo decoration, two of plain iron and two modern bronze examples (7)

A 19th Century Japanese Aikuchi, the 26cm blade with bevelled back edge, narrow fuller and almost horizontal hamon, one piece burred white metal habaki, silver plated oval tsuba, fuchi and kashira incised with cloud bands, the same covered grip with gilt metal dragon menuki, the silver plated saya incised with cloud bands, with gilt metal dragon cast mounts and inset with wood panelsTwo nicks to edge of blade towards the tip. There is wear to the silver plating . Unable to remove the grip to view the tang. Seam visible on same binding.

A Second World War Chinese ''Katana'', the 70cm single edge steel blade with faint etched characters at the ricasso, gilt metal hilt with prunus cast tsuba, braid bound wood hilt and green painted metal scabbard

A Second World War Japanese Katana, with 67 cm blade, one piece copper habaki, the iron tsuba relief cast with dragons, braid-bound hilt, twin chrysanthemum menuki, bamboo-bound wood saya

Japanese Officer's Showa Katana Sword with Signed Tang 27 inch single edged blade with faint hammon. Brass habaki. Steel pommel. Tang with 4 character signature. Plain steel tsuba with steel fuchi and kabuto gane. White shagreen grip with darkened menuki. Twisted green cord binding. Contained in its wooden scabbard with leather field covering .

WW2 Officer's Shin-Gunto with Signed Tang 26 1/2 inch single edged blade with narrow hammon. Copper habaki. Tang with character signature for Ido Hidetoshi. Brass military pattern tsuba with brass military fuchi and kabuto gane. White shagreen grip with brass floral menuki. Twisted tan cord binding. Contained in its black lacquered wooden scabbard complete with brown leather field scabbard . Together with its brown and blue Officer's sword knot. Ido Hidetoshi pre war Swordsmith lived in Seki City in Mino Province. Born in 1915. He worked at Fukumoto Amahide's Gunto Factory which was located in Seki Gifu.

Japanese Bone Mounted Short Tanto (Dirk) 11 inch single edged blade. Horn habaki. Carved bone tsuba, fuchi (ferrule) and kabuto-gane (pommel), all with floral decoration. Polished wooden grip with carved bone floral menuki. Contained in its polished wooden ribbed scabbard with carved bone inlet mounts. Lower chape and throat absent. Scabbard fitted to take a small front knife, this absent. Minor rust staining to blade.

Late 1944 Army Officer's Shin Gunto Sword 27 1/4 inch single edged blade with narrow hammon. Brass habaki. Tang with character signature for Fukumoto Kanemune. Plain steel tsuba with steel fuchi and kabuto gane. White shagreen grip with steel floral menuki. Twisted brown cord binding. Contained in its brown painted steel scabbard complete with darkened mounts . Together with its Junior Officer's brown cord sword knot.

The koshirae (fittings) for a Japanese sword wakizashi, wooden “blade” 60.5cms, iron Goto tsuba with 3 sages seated by waterfall, tape bound same tsuka, saya lacquered with pine needles GC (tsuba lightly rusted and worn; fuchi kashira mis-matched, menuki not old).

A composite Japanese boy’s sword wakizashi, blade 48.8cms, mumei, untempered, tape bound same tsuka, iron fittings and tsuba, in a black lacquered saya. QGC

A cast iron model of a Japanese Samurai helmet kabuto, GC; a wakizashi blade (very worn), with a non associated hilt; and a tanto, the 7½” blade pitted and ground down, with the wooden core only of the hilt with small brass tsuba and fuchi. FC (3)

A JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD WAKIZASHI (short sword, worn in conjunction with a Katana to form daisho), the Ito (braided) handle of ray skin with Menuki, fitted a cast iron Tsuba, of pierced form, the scabbard is fitted with a decoratively handled Kozuka (small knife), overall sword length 69cm

19th CENTURY JAPANESE WAKIZASHIthe Kashira and Fuchi with relief gilt flying bat decoration, leather bound tsuka with menuki of landscape design, shaped tsuba with relief gilt floral highlights, the 68.7cm long blade with tang signed 'Ichi De wa (no) Kami Yuki hiro' and with watered Hamon, laquered Saya with shaped Kojiri, with Kotagana and Kozuka with relief gilt carp decoration, 75.5cm total length

A Japanese mid 20th century sword,with bronze tsuba, blade length 52cm, length overall 72cm.

A Japanese short sword or Wakizashi, blade 191/4" long in its black lacquered saya , shark skin covered handle and finely pierced iron tsuba, a few mounts and binding missing from handle nonetheless a good quality blade

A Japanese tanto, Meiji/Taisho period, the tsuka bound over fish skin with gilt and silvered bronze crane bird menuki, the fuchi and tsuba cast with trailing flowers, with kogai kozuka cast with crane in flight, the saya dark brown with a fine crackle finish, single edge steel blade, 39cm long.

Mid 20th Century Japanese military Katana, the cast alloy grip above a dark patinated tsuba and steel scabbard with traces of original finish, 37.75ins long overall, the blade stamped with a serial No. 86004

Mirowashi period Japanese Wakizashi Katana size sword, from Kanagawa prefecture, bears signature of sword master Hikashiro Sadamune c.1298 / 1349, blade and tsuba with leather grip 62cm blade, overall 85cm

EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE IVORY HANDLED KATANAscabbard lacking, 66cm long overall; along with a Japanese katana scabbard with bound fish skin handle, blade lacking, the scabbard adhesed to the tsuba, the lacquered scabbard with panda and landscape scenery designs, 111cm long overall (2)

A Japanese Edo Period Tsuba decorated with chrysanthemums and bamboo panels with gold highlights, 3 diameter