Hi guys
This maru gata iron sukashi tsuba has a design of large gunbai (war fan) enclosed by a square profiled mimi. Dimensions: Height: 7.05 cm, Width: 6.75 cm, Thickness: 0.4 cm
The tsuba is unsigned but I have tentatively attributed it to the Kinai Echizen school based upon the gently sculpted fan and chords in katachi bori (carving the design in the round into the surface of the iron plate), black patina and fine gold nunome inlay. The Echizen Kinai did not seem to be shy about sign