AN AORIGATA IRON TSUCHIMEJI TSUBA, nikubori with dark shibuichi takazogan and gilt detail, Daruma meditating in a dilapidated hermit's hut and grimacing as a wasp crawls on his forehead, on the reverse his Buddhist fly-whisk in copper and silver takazogan, signed Otsuryuken Hamano Miboku, late 19th century, 8.6 cm.