Description
Sentoku sumikirigata tsuba, inlaid in iroe takazogan with suaka, shakudo and golden cooper. The design depicts a Nyo, its mouth open, inside which a sparrow feeds its baby in their nest.
On the reverse, close to a tori, mandarin ducks are shown in a pond, depicted in katakiri bori and kebori.
Date: Tempo sannen sangetsu (March 1832)
Signature: Tsuchiya NyudoTôu
Height: 10,5 cm
Width: 10 cm
