A large shibuichi tsuba
After Natsuo, Kano School, late 19th century
Of mokko form with raised rim, carved and inlaid with a fox beside a stream, admiring its reflection, which it sees as the face of a beautiful girl, in the water, the fox of copper takazogan, other details of gold, silver and copper inlay and carving of shishiaibori and kebori, two rice stooks on the reverse with trees and hills in the distance, inscribed Natsuo koku. 10.5cm (4 1/8in).
Footnotes
大鐔 狐 銘「夏雄刻」（倣加納夏雄） 19世紀後期
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