AF25743 Set of Tosogu:Ivy family crest(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu)

Set of Tosogu: Tsuta(Ivy)-mon family crest (Tsuba, Kozuka, Fuchikashira, Menuki)(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu)

Tsuba: signature: Naoyoshi 直好(written seal mark)
Dimension: 7.34cm x 7.04cm x 0.49cm (2.89in x 2.77in x 0.19in)

Kozuka: Egawa Munemasa 江川宗政 (written seal mark)
Dimension: 9.66cm x 1.45cm (3.80in x 0.57in)

Fuchi: Egawa Munemasa 江川宗政 (written seal mark)
Dimension: 3.65cm x 2.05cm x 1.01cm (1.44in x 0.81in x 0.40in)
Kashira: Mumei(Unsigned)
Dimension: 3.21cm x 1.75cm (1.26in x 0.69in)

Menuki: Mumei(unsigned) made of solid gold
Dimension 1: 2.90cm x 1.29cm (1.14in x 0.51in)
Dimension 2: 2.90cm x 1.29cm (1.14in x 0.51in)

Special feature:
Shakudō nanako ground decorated with a design of ivy crests rendered in gold iro-e. The menuki are made of solid gold.
Sano Naoyoshi was a metalworker active in the mid-Edo period. He studied under Yanagawa Naomasa and was later employed by the Akimoto family, the feudal lords of the Yamagata domain. Egawa Munemasa was a metalworker of the late Edo period and studied under Egawa Toshimasa.

In Kiri box
NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate
Aoi Art estimation paper