NihontoWatchNihontoWatchThe latter period of Edo era Length: 73.5mm / Width: 72.0mm / Seppa-dai thickness: 4.6mm / Weight 116g Included: Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu Kanteisho, paulownia wood box Masatomi, whose name was Hikobei, was the sixth generation head of the Okada clan and is known as an outstandingly skilled artisan. On Bunka 14 (1817), February 28, due to his achievements, his stipend was increased by two koku of rice, and a three-person fuchi (one fuchi being five go of brown rice per day) was added, granting him two koku and three to. He retired in Bunceh 4, April, and passed away in Kaei 2 (1849), October. As a resident of Hagi in Nagato Province, he was a master craftsman who inherited the traditions and techniques of a distinguished family. This tsuba is a masterpiece depicting a rokaku sansui-zu on a base of high-quality iron using chokin techniques unique to Choshu tsuba, where the precise carving reflects the scenery as if it were a suiboku-ga in iron. It is a grand masterpiece suitable for both appreciation and for a koshirae.
Certificate reading — 銘 長州萩住 政富作
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