An iron tsuba
Mito School, 19th century
Of rounded rectangular form, carved in takabori, inlaid in shibuichi and gold takazogan and partly pierced with a nightwatchman in the rain, a bird flying past the moon above, and a pine tree above a torii on the reverse, signed Seiryoken Katsuhira with kao.
7.6cm (3in).
FOOTNOTES
鐔　夜番　銘「生涼軒勝平（花押）」　19世紀