Iron tsuba of round form with design of hatchet executed in openwork (sukashi) and three fan panels motif on both sides carved in low relief (sukidashi-bori). Designs on the fan panels – face: bellflower, plum blossom in mist, grass leaves; – back: clouds, grass, and half plum blossom in mist. Copper sekigane. Koga-hitsu-ana probably cut out on a later date.
Kamakura or kamakura-bori school. Edo period.
Height: 83.8 mm, Width: 82.2 mm, Thickness at seppa-dai: 3.2 mm.
NBTHK certificate № 4005500: Hozon (worthy of preservation).