Lot Essay
This style of tsuba, often given the designation of Heianjo school, could also be from the last period of the Onin brass inlay style of the Muromachi period. The large peony bloom and leaves are cast in molds and inlaid onto the plate as all such Onin decoration had been fashioned. A few examples in this style were made as late as the Genroku era (1688-1704).