A LARGE INLAID IRON TSUBA
Attributed to Tsuchiya Yasuchika, Nara School, 18th to 19th century
Of rounded rectangular form, carved in relief with a seated tiger, its stripes and eyes inlaid with gold, the reverse carved in relief with stands of bamboo, signed Tou; with wood storage box. 8.9cm (3½in). (2).
Footnotes
Published: Nagaoka Tsuneki, ‘Shonai tanshishu (A collection of Shonai tsuba types)’, in Shonai kinko no kenkyu (A study of Shonai metalwork), Tokyo, Yoshikawa Kobunkan, 1933, no.76, where the tsuba is described as by Tsuchiya Yasuchika.

bamboo oval tiger Tsuchiya Yasuchika