Soten Tsuba Signed ''Goshu Masashige" with Ri Haku and Great Waterfall Inside of koiguchi: 29 mm

Inside of koiguchi: 29 mm x 11 mm

Carvings are made with sukidashi bori technique

Iron fuchikashira decorated with a crane and plum blossom

fuchi and kojiri are a bit loose

Soten Tsuba Signed ''Goshu Masashige" with Ri Haku and Great Waterfall Inside of koiguchi: 29 mmIron 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