A shibuichi tsuba
Ichinomiya School, late 18th/early 19th century
Inlaid in iroe takazogan with Ono no Komachi, the reverse with a thatched hut engraved in katakiri and kebori, signed Ichinomiya Kenryushi Nagayoshi with kao.
6.7cm (2 5/8in).
Estimate: £600 – 700
€710 – 820
JPY 94,000 – 110,000
Footnotes
鐔　卒塔婆小町　銘「一宮見龍子長義（花押）」　18世紀後期/19世紀前期

Provenance: purchased at Lempertz, Cologne, 1963.