"Brass plate with bold katakiri and kebori carved Chinese
style dragon in clouds on either side, both males, hitsu
shape slightly changed, with the original patina of a
greenish nut brown. This is the style of tsuba made in
the late Momoyama period, ca. 1575, and is often referred to
as a 'San Diego' tsuba after those worn on the swords of the
samurai aboard the Portuguese ship that sank off the
Philippines in 1601."
Images
of San Diego tsuba are pictured above.
Late Momoyama
period
7.0 cm x 6.4 cm x 0.3 cm
Other items from the Robert
E. Haynes collection
$400
