Iron Sukashi Hikone Bori Tsuba Decorated with Ichi No Tani Battle - Minamoto No Yoshitsune Fuchigashira decorated with flowers and

Fuchigashira decorated with flowers and insects

unfortunately it was not made for this particular items

It is rare to see solid silver menuki and even more so ones made by mainline Goto School

Tsuba is decorated with Minamoto Yoshitsune under plum tree in blossom

consisting of plum

Iron Sukashi Hikone Bori Tsuba Decorated with Ichi No Tani Battle - Minamoto No Yoshitsune Fuchigashira decorated with flowers andIron Hikone bori tsuba. Decorated with battle of Ichi No Tani. This scene depicts Minamoto No Yoshitsune with a small number of his most trusted man riding down almost vertical cliff to land a surprise attack on Taira forces. To read more about Minamoto No Yoshitsune and his life I recommend "Samurai Raising" by Pamela S. Turner. It is very interesting and informative book. Made of iron in Hikone bori. With copper, gold and silver inlay. Made in late