A Higo Jingo tsuba
Attributed to the third or fourth Jingo master, Edo period (1615-1868), 18th centuryThe tsuba of mokko form, the hammered ground with a large namazu (catfish) in low relief, its eyes inlaid in brass, the reverse with two plum blossoms, signed Yatsushiro Jingo saku; with a wood storage box. 7.8cm (3in). (2).
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For Jingo tsuba with similar designs, see Kazutaro Torigoe, Tsuba Kanshoki, Tokyo, Nihon Bunkyo, 1975, pp.143-144.