Squarish iron tsuba, no border. Marked with many deeply cut rays from the center to the edge. At one corner are the arms of a samurai in gold bent round the edge, at the opposite another arms in shibuichi, similarly treated. Signature Lord Takagi Hidemare.
Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay
Length: 8.6 cm
Width: 7.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Accession number: MAR.ARM.O.12-1912
Primary reference Number: 168962
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Applied Arts
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