AF25250 Tsuba: Yuosai Yoshihide(NBTHK Hozon Tosogu)

Tsuba:Sagemono Zu(NBTHK Hozon Tosogu)
Inscription: Yuosai Yoshihide
遊翁斎　宜秀

Dimensions: 6.65 cm x 6.11 cm (2.62 in x 2.41 in)
Thickness of center:　0.20 cm (0.08 in)
Weight:53　g

Era: the Edo period
Features: A tetsu-ji (iron ground) tsuba in the form of a variant bowl shape, featuring a takamaki-e high-relief carving of hanging objects (tezumono) with inlays and colored decoration.
Supplement: Yūōsai Yoshihide was a member of the Sakuma family. In his later years, he used the art name “Yūō.” He was a skilled artisan known for crafting tsuba with openwork designs and deeply carved motifs of plants and trees.
(Excerpt from Kinkō Jiten by Hōmatsu Wakamatsu, published by Tōken Shunjū Shimbunsha, p.209)

In Kiri box
NBTHK Hozon Certificate
Aoi Art estimation paper