A Mito school Tsuba, Japan, 19th century. The naga-maru iron surface showing a temple grounds’ cleaner smoking a pipe and watching a bird flying away from a pine tree, executed in niku-bori and iro-e taka-zogan. Ryo-hitsu-ana and unsigned. Height: 8.4 cm, Thickness: 4.3 mm
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