
This is a tsuba (sword guard) by Joryu, a student of Murakami Jochiku, from the late Edo period. It depicts a New Year's decoration scene, with an ebisu carved in high relief and colored with copper and gold on a shakudo ground. It comes with a Hozon paper by NBTHK and a special Kiri box.

This is a tsuba (sword guard) by Joryu, a student of Murakami Jochiku, from the late Edo period. It depicts a New Year's decoration scene, with an ebisu carved in high relief and colored with copper and gold on a shakudo ground. It comes with a Hozon paper by NBTHK and a special Kiri box.
