Goto School
A large iron tsuba
After Funada Ikkin, late 19th century
Of rounded rectangular form with raised rim, carved and inlaid with an eji falling back beside a Buddhist wheel, over which leaves are falling, three leaves in sunk relief on the reverse, signed Ikkin Yoshimori with kao.
8.3cm (3¼in).
FOOTNOTES
大鐔　衛士と輪　銘「一琴義守（花押）」（倣船田一琴）　19世紀後期

Provenance: purchased at Sotheby’s London, 1971.