ATTRIBUTED TO SHIBUYA ZENBEI
A Shibuichi Tsuba
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century
Mokkō (four-lobed), the surface worked with an ishime-ji (stone) texture with gold nunome overlay designs of cranes and clouds; with a Tokubetsu Hozon Tōsōgu (Sword Fitting Especially Worthy of Preservation) certificate # 227567 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword) dated December 21, 2005, and with a wood storage box (2)
2 3/4 x 2 5/8in (7.1 x 6.7cm)
Footnotes

Published
Nakamura Tessei, Tsuba shūsei (A Collection of Sword Guards), 1963, p. 251, no. 139.