Shakudo Aori Wan-Gata Takabori Zogan Tsuba

		Title	[ Child ]

		Time	Latter part of the Edo period (Around 1820)

		Inscription	"Inhabitant of Edo area, Sakuma Yoshihide"

		L x W x H	7.2 x 7.0 x 1.0 cm

		Weight	98 g

		Nakago Hole	2.5 x 0.6 cm

		Material	Shakudo

		Certificate	No Certificate

		Description	The child is expressed in high relief carving technique. The child appears from a bag. Interesting composition. Some of advanced skills are needed to make such a tsuba. The maker of this tsuba is Sakuma Yoshihide. He is famous tsuba craftsman in Edo area who was independent and never belonged to any tsuba school.

Inscription

About Craftsman		Sakuma Yoshihide
		Sakuma Yoshihide is famous tsuba craftsman in Edo area (=Now Tokyo) at the latter part of the Edo period (Around 1820).He was good at high relief carving.His another name is Yuosai.He was independent and never belonged to any tsuba school.

Features
	This tsuba is made of Shakudo (red copper, alloy of copper and gold).
	This type of shape is called "Aori-Gata".
	It is bended like a bowl.
	The child is inlaid with brass (alloy of copper and zinc).