Tsuba - no sign. (Edo Higo, Kumagai school)
Motiv: Spieder with old board - sasagani (笹蟹, spider,spider web)
Tsuba: Aori Shape, made of iron, gold, and silver
NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Token Certificate
This work depicts spiders in a carved cave and their web with a bright gold inlay. The motive can be called sasagani (笹蟹, spider,spider web)
It was probably made by a school known as Edo Higo or Yotsuya Higo at the end of the Edo period, led by Kumagai Yoshiyuki, a craftsman in the Hosokawa family. It is a work that is well suited to the long-handled kobusho (military office) arrangements that were popular at the end of the Edo period.
Dimension: 81,5 mm x 77,7 mm x 4,7 mm (Seppa 4,9 mm)
Antik. Edo. Original from Japan.
