A Higo sentoku tsubaBy Nishigaki Kanshiro III (1680-1761), Edo period (1615-1868), early/mid-18th century
Of oval form, with a roped shakudo mimi, carved in relief on either side with turbulent water, over which fly chidori (plovers) inlaid in silver, copper and shakudo, the seppa-dai in the form of Mount Fuji, unsigned; with a fitted wood storage box. 7.8cm (3 1/8in). (2).注脚For tsuba with similar designs by Nishigaki Kanshiro III, see Ito Mitsuru, Nishigaki: Higo no kinko Nishigaki Kanshiro to sono sakuhin (Works of Kanshiro Nishigaki), Tokyo, 2005, no. 256.