A Silver and Mixed-Metal Tsuba
A Silver and Mixed-Metal Tsuba

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED HIGASHIYAMA MOTONOBU AND INLAID GOLD SEAL MOTONOBU

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A Silver and Mixed-Metal Tsuba
Edo period (19th century), signed Higashiyama Motonobu and inlaid gold seal Motonobu
Square silver migaki-ji tsuba with convex sides and carved and inlaid in shakudo, shibuichi, gold and copper with Omori Hikoshichi carrying on his back the ghost of Kusunoki Masashige, who has assumed the form of a beauty, to cross the Yatori River, the reverse with the opposite shore and the full moon behind a willow tree
3½in. (8.9cm.) long

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