Iron tsuba of oval form carved with a landscape motif. Kogai-hitsu-ana plugged with shakudo. Sekigane of copper.

Signed: Chōshū Hagi-jū Tomohisa saku (長州萩住友久作).

Tomohisa, adopted son of Rokurō’emon, was 3rd generation master of Kawaji School from Hagi in Nagato (Chōshū), lived 1687-1743 [M. Sesko ‘Genealogies’, page 117].

Edo period, circa 1700.

Dimensions: 71.1 x 66.8 x 2.9 mm

For his adopted son Hisatsugu work see TSU-0103 in this collection.