Soten Tsuba Signed ''Goshu Masashige" with Ri Haku and Great Waterfall 1: 32 mm x 14

1: 32 mm x 14 mm

Carvings are made with sukidashi bori technique

However based on the fact that is it made in cast iron and only one side is decorated

Kozuka signed "Kawahosai" which is one of the names used by Kawarabayashi Hideoki

Iron fuchikashira decorated with a crane and plum blossom

Soten Tsuba Signed ''Goshu Masashige" with Ri Haku and Great Waterfall 1: 32 mm x 14Iron Soten School tsuba signed "Goshu Masashige" H 04462. 0. Decorated with Ri Haku (Li Bai) looking at the Kan Baku (Great Waterfall) located in Lushan. Li Bai was a Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty that ruled over China between year 618 and 907. On tsuba we can see Ri Haku with a child looking at the great waterfall. This is a common way of presenting this scene. However in most cases we will see just a Chinese style landscape. In here there are