赤坂 蟷螂透鍔
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Akasaka Tsuba

No.380280

Akasaka Kamakiri(mantis)-sukashi Tsuba

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Kiwame
Akasaka
Period
Edo period
Size

Length 7.1cm Width 7.0cm Seppadai 0.5cm Weight 63.0g

Country
Musashi
Drscription
Tatemarugata Tettsuimeji Marumimi Katahitsu-shitate

The first and second generations of the Akasaka school, Tadamasa and his son, moved to Edo around the Kan'ei era, where they produced tsuba by adding ingenuity to the Owari-tou method and the Kyo-tou method, and prospered until the end of the Edo period. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation (Ko-Akasaka) have good forging of the iron base, and many of them are round and thick with round ears. From around the time of Tadatsuki IV, the tsuba became a little thinner and became more elaborately crafted. The name Akasaka was used from the place where the craftsmen of this family lived (present-day Akasaka area in Minato Ward, Tokyo).
赤坂 蟷螂透鐔