An iron and mixed metal tsuba
By Iwama Masayoshi, late Edo period (19th century)
The oval tsuchime plate with a rounded-square rim and decorated with a scene of an old woman startled by the emergence of Momotaro from the large peach she has just split open on a cutting board, the reverse with a basin and bundle of brushwood; all rendered in iroe takazogan and takabori, signed Gyonen nanajusai Masayoshi
3 1/2in (8.9cm) high