Tosogu: Antique Sword Fittings for Sale
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Coming Soon
These antique tosogu will be listed on my site soon. Feel free to ask questions.
- Ichinomiya Nagayoshi kozuka
- Hashimoto Isshi turtle kozuka
- Goto Mitsunobu (Tsujo), very large solid gold dragon menuki. Cool.
Available Fittings
These antique tosogu are currently available for sale. A couple items are discounted so have a look.
Mid Edo (ca. 1760)
Hozon Tosogu
Solid gold menuki from the Yanagawa master.
$3,000 $4,500 -on sale-
Late Edo (ca. 1790)
Hozon Tosogu
A fuchigashira of sea creatures; early work of the founder of the Ishiguro school.
$8,500
Mid Edo (ca. 1710)
Juyo Tosogu
A one of a kind set featuring the work of the founder of machibori.
-please enquire-
Late Edo (ca. 1850)
Hozon Tosogu
A beautiful tsuba in kosuki-bori by the nidai Funada Ikkin.
$7,500
Late Edo (ca. 1850)
Hozon Tosogu
Textbook Ikkin style by the nidai Funada Ikkin.
$4,000
Late Edo (ca. 1845)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
A dynamic Otsuki school dragon in katakiribori.
$5,500
Tosogu: Reference Archive
The following fittings are not for sale, but presented for education.
Edo (ca. 1790)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
Shakudo menuki in the style of Yokoya by the son of Eishu.
-sold-
Late Edo (1868)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
Menuki of the Yata-no-kagami showing a reflection of the Yata-no-karasu by the peerless artist.
-sold-
Edo (ca. 1800)
Hozon Tosogu
Brilliant representations of Zhang Fei and Guan Yu from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
-sold-
Late Edo (ca. 1810)
Hozon Tosogu
An early set from the Ishiguro school by one of the direct students of Masatsune.
-sold-
Late Edo (ca. 1780)
Hozon Tosogu
Solid gold kirin from the Yanagawa school with fuchi by Furukawa Jochin.
-sold-
Momoyama to Early Edo (ca. 1620)
Hozon Tosogu
Beautiful plum blossoms in high karat solid gold.
-sold-
Mid Edo (ca. 1780)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
Rare work in takabori nanako by the most clever of tosogu artists.
-sold-
Late Muromachi (ca. 1540)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
A touching pair of tadpoles in shakudo by the 3rd mainline Goto master Joshin, with Kanzan hakogaki.
-sold-
Middle Edo (ca. 1700)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
A shakudo and gold, cloud dragon and tiger tsuba.
-sold-
Edo (ca. 1790)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
Wonderful bats in the style of Somin a highly regarded artist of the Omori school.
-sold-
Late Edo (ca. 1830)
Hozon Tosogu
Chidori in flight over the moon and waves, in solid gold.
-sold-
Late Edo (ca. 1825)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
Beautiful work by one of the top Ishiguro masters.
-sold-
Mid Edo (ca. 1760)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
Marvellous iron daisho fuchigashira, signed by the one of the three great craftsmen of Kyoto.
-sold-
Mid Edo (ca. 1750)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
Beautiful signed work by the main line of the Yoshioka school.
-sold-
End of Edo (1865)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
Quail in silver, signed Hogen Ichijo saku
and made at the end of his life.
-sold-
Edo (ca. 1790)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
A large and wonderful tsuba with deeply carved waves, from the collection of Dr. Walter Compton.
-sold-
Late Edo (ca. 1810)
Hozon Tosogu
Katakiribori tiger by the top master of the Otsuki school.
-sold-
Late Edo (1858)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
Gorgeous menuki of crashing waves by the peerless Imperial Craftsman Kano Natsuo. Published in the Natsuo Taikan, and in his sketchbook.
-sold-
Momoyama (late 1500s)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
A complete mitokoromono by one of the most talented main line Ko-Goto masters, Goto Tokujo. In excellent condition, it comes with a 200 year old appraisal by Goto Mitsuyoshi for 20 gold coins, and kiwame-mei from the same Goto master. A candidate for Juyo.
-sold-
Early Edo (ca. 1650)
Hozon Tosogu
Fantastic dragons, in mint condition, by the 9th mainline Goto master.
-sold-
Late Edo (ca. 1850)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
A superb complete set of tosogu in the Nara basketweaving style.
-sold-
Late Edo (ca. 1830)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
A very rare issaku koshirae by the top master of the Ishiguro school.
-sold-
Beginning of Edo (ca. 1630)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
Charming solid gold menuki of monkeys by the 7th mainline Goto master.
-sold-
Late Edo (ca. 1780)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
Machibori dragons from the founder of the Kikuoka school.
-sold-
Mid Edo (ca. 1780)
Hozon Tosogu
Seamonsters! Cute squid, very typical work of the Murakami school.
-sold-
Edo (ca. 1790)
Hozon Tosogu
Excellent fuchigashira of dragons by the 3rd head of the Omori school.
-sold-
Late Edo (ca. 1800 – 1830)
Juyo Tosogu
An incredible original daisho set by the Omori artist Mitsutoki. One of only 55 daisho koshirae awarded Juyo by the NBTHK. Particularly rare, and beautiful. Property of a private collector.
-sold-
Late Edo (ca. 1850)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
A beautiful mitokoromono of dragons by one of Goto Ichijo's top students.
-sold-
Mid Edo (ca. 1760)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
Fuchigashira of Gentoku crossing the waves by the Edo pioneer of the waves technique.
-sold-
Mid Edo (ca. 1700-1750)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
A shakudo tsuba of deeply carved dragons by the Kaga branch of the famous Goto school.
-sold-
Muromachi (ca. 1550)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
A pair of large solid gold menuki with deeply carved dragons from the early Mino artisans.
-sold-
Late Edo (ca. 1810)
Hozon Tosogu
Charming menuki in the theme of fish by the 15th main line master Mitsuyoshi (aka Goto Shinjo), and signed.
-sold-
Mid Edo (ca. 1700)
Hozon Tosogu
Dynamic horses by one of the early Yokoya school artists, featured in the Kinko Meikan.
-sold-
Late Edo (ca. 1850)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
A fuchigashira in Tomei's famous style of millet and hakogaki by Kuwabara Yohiro.
-sold-
Early Edo (ca. 1650)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
Unusual subject matter of kittens, by the 9th mainline Goto master.
-sold-
Edo (ca. 1700)
Hozon Tosogu
A charming tsuba in lacquered copper, shakudo, silver, brass and gold, in the form of bamboo basketware.
-sold-
Muromachi/Momoyama Koto (ca. 1580)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
A nice signed work by Nobuie, one of the two top makers of iron tsuba. Featuring the mon of Hideyoshi and the Emperor.
-sold-
Late Muromachi (ca. 1540)
Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
A whimsical futatokoromono in shakudo by the 3rd mainline Goto master Joshin.
-sold-
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