A Higo tsuba in Hirata style
By Hirata Hikozo I, 17th century
Of circular form, with beaded silver Odawara fukurin, pierced with large lobed ryohitsu and engraved with irregular scattered clouds on a ground of Okina yasuri, unsigned; with wood storage box. 7.9cm (3 1/8in). (2).
FOOTNOTES
鍔　翁鑢地松透かし　無銘　17世紀

Published: Kazutaro Torigoe, Tsuba Kanshoki, Token Shunju Shinbunsha, Tokyo, 1975, p.140.