Shibuichi kinko tsuba, Japan, late Edo periodMokkogata form, with shakudo, gold and silver inlays in iroe takazogan and irazogan. It is decorated with a Chinese legend repeated in Japanese iconography, that of Kiku Jidō (in Chinese Keuh Tze Tong) in exile among the chrysanthemums, depicted sitting at the foot of a waterfall, looking at the chrysanthemums he has thrown into the water. A kozuka hitsu ana hole has been cut in the left side of the seppadai for the kogatana handle. Height: 7,3 ; length: 6,7 cm