A shakudo kozuka
Later Goto School, 19th century
Bearing a nanako ground, inlaid in gold, silver and shakudo takazogan with three cranes on a wave-lapped shore while two cranes fly overhead, the reverse of silver, engraved in delicate kebori with a large flock of cranes in flight, signed Goto Hokkyo Ichijo with kao.
FOOTNOTES
小柄　海辺に群鶴　銘「後藤法橋一乘（花押）」　19世紀

Provenance: purchased at Sotheby’s London, 1969.