A SHAKUDO KINKO TSUBA
By Egawa Toshimasa, mid to late 19th century
Of oval form, bearing a fine nanako ground, inlaid with the story of Minamoto no Yorimitsu (Raiko) attacked by the Shutendoji monster which appears from behind the pillar of a house, his horse fleeing beneath a swirling cloud on the reverse, signed Egawa Toshimasa with kao; with wood storage box. 7cm (2¾in). (3).
Footnotes
鐔　大江山入　銘「江川利政（花押）」　19世紀中期-後期

Accompanied by a NBTHK certificate.

There were three generations of sword fitting makers of the name Egawa Toshimasa, recorded by Robert Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, Ellwangen, Germany, 2001, nos.H10412/4 and it is uncertain which of these were responsible for the present example.