Mino-Tsuba

		Reference Number	TU-10555

		Title	[ Autumn Flowers ] Mino-Tsuba

		Time	The Momoyama or Early Part of Edo period

		Inscription	No Inscription

		L x W x H	6.5 x 5.9 x 0.5 cm

		Weight	80 g

		Nakago Hole	2.5 x 0.7 cm

		Material	Shakudo (alloy of copper and gold)

		Box	Wooden Box

		Certificate	NBTHK Certificate

		Description	This tsuba is categorized as "Mino-Tsuba". The surfaces are processed like hard roe (=Nanako-ji). Autumn flowers are expressed in high-relief carving, the Iroe and Zogan inlay methods with gold and Suaka. The Nanako-ji process is very fine.

Features
	This tsuba is made of Shakudo (alloy of copper and gold).
	The surfaces are processed like hard roe.
	Its shape is like Japanese quince.
	Autumn flowers are expressed in the Iroe inlay method with gold and Suaka (Coarse Copper).
	Autumn flowers are also expressed in the Zogan inlay method.