Daisho Tsuba: Mumei(Unsigned) Husband and Wife Rock
2017/01/28
Daisho Tsuba:
Mei (signature) : Mumei(Unsigned)
Dai(large):
Length : 8.49cm x 7.56cm ( 3.34inches x inches)
Thickness of rim : 0.39cm ( inches)
Sho(small):
Length : 7.12cm x 6.28cm ( 2.8inches x 2.47inches)
Thickness of rim : 0.43cm ( 0.17inches)
Jidai(era) : Edo period
Special feature: On shakudou migaki-ji plate, Meitoiwa(husband and wife rock) and sunrise is engraved and inlayed with gold and silver. The sun, migratory bird and wave design is engraved finely.
The design is alike to the Ukioe picture “Futamiura Akebono zu” of Utagawa Kunisada.
