Japan, Edo period, pair of Menuki (katana, wakizashi or tant - Lot 130

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Japan, Edo period, pair of Menuki (katana, wakizashi or tant - Lot 130
Japan, Edo period, pair of Menuki (katana, wakizashi or tantô handle ornaments) stylizing lobsters (kuruma ebi) in gilded copper alloy, each lobster signed, one "Nomura" the other "Masatada". Dim.: 5 cm (in a small wooden case) Menuki attributed to Nomura (surname) Masatada, active in the last third of the 18th century, also known by the nickname Shôyemon, son of Masamichi. Reference: "Shinkichi Hara, "Die Meister der Japanischen Schwertzierathen", 1902, page 73, third signature right-hand column.
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