A shibuichi tsuba
Ichinomiya School, probably late 18th century
Inlaid in iroe takazogan with shell gatherers on a wave-lapped beach, beneath the peak of Fujiyama seen beyond clouds, signed Ichinomiya Echizen Daijo Nagatsune.
7.6cm (2¾in).
Estimate: £600 – 700
€710 – 820
JPY 94,000 – 110,000
Footnotes
鐔　富士見潮干狩　銘「一宮越前大掾長常」　18世紀後期頃

Provenance: purchased at Christie’s London, 1970.