Fine pierced nanban tsuba

Very delicate work with carved guardian lions.

Sawasa smallsword pommel

Upgraded with filigree to resemble a snuff bottle.

Yagami school nanban tsuba

A masterpiece of the genre. The Yagami school were excellent carvers of iron.

Three wise monkeys tsuba

Japanese sword guard depicting three wise monkeys conveying the message see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Winged dragon tsuba

A fine and unusually large tsuba. Attributed to Hizen by the NBTHK.

Peony karakusa tsuba

Executed in "nanban style" openwork with chiseled and gold-encrusted peonies.

Daruma tsuba

A peculiar tsuba with a depiction of Bodhidharma and two dragon chasing a pearl.

Nanban kogai & kozuka set (futakoromono)

The only set of its type known to me in both private and museum collections.

Mother of pearl inlaid katana kake

In black and gold urushi lacquer, with fine mother-of-pearl inlays with aquatic landscapes on both sides.

Nagasaki

Japanese port city, the designated area of trade with Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries

Signed nanban style ship tsuba

Signed by an artist named Kanesada from Higo.

Sawasa style iron guard

Unusual piece with depiction of a foreign figure.

Japanese tsuba in Canton style

Also known as Kwanto-gata, with two facing dragon chasing a pearl.

Sawasa

A term used for colonial Asian metalwork in black and gold.