"This tsuba is of shakudo plate. The surface seems in various lights to have an almost serene quality about it. The plate is quiet and subtle in color and tone. The round shape plate has a smooth polished rim that goes over the edges. This style of rim is to be seen in other shakudo plate tsuba of this time, and sometimes they are of gold. The design on both faces are inlaid geese. The fowl on the front is highlighted in gold while the one on the reverse is inlaid in dark shakudo. Both have gold highlights. At the top on the front face is a silver moon. On the reverse is a gold inlaid branch and the 'Yasuchika' seal. Both surface treatments represent.........." (Long)
6.52cm x 6.18cm x 0.41cm |
