NihontoWatchNihontoWatchShakudo ishimeji marugata, sukidashi takabori iroe, kakumimi koniku The Chikubujima scene, famous as a Noh play performance, is a motif often used in tosogu depicting rabbits playing in the waves. On this tsuba, gold and silver rabbits are depicted amidst rough waves carved with sukidashibori and kebori on a fine ishimeji. In the sky is a silver crescent moon, and the curves of the weeping willow are effective. Comes in a dedicated kiribako
Certificate reading — 無銘（京金工）
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