Kaga School
A shakudo tsuba
By Umezawa Kunitane, Kaga School, 19th century
Of oval form, bearing a nanako ground inlaid in iroe takazogan with Kajiwara Kagetoki poking his bow into the hollow of a pine tree while Minamoto no Yoritomo sits to one side, the reverse with a kneeling attendant on a sea shore, signed Kiitsu hitsu (after the drawing by Kiitsu), Umezawa Kunitane with kao.
7.6cm (3in).
FOOTNOTES
鐔　梶原景時と源頼朝　銘「其一筆　梅澤邑種（花押）」　19世紀

For the maker, a student of Goto Shinjo and of Yokoya Terukiyo, see Haynes, Index, no.H 03668.

The design is taken from Suzuki Kiitsu (1796-1858), a painter who worked variously in the Rimpa, Tosa and Shijo styles.