A SUPERB HAMANO SCHOOL SHIBUICHI TSUBA DEPICTING A SOUTH SEA ISLANDER

A SUPERB HAMANO SCHOOL SHIBUICHI TSUBA DEPICTING A SOUTH SEA ISLANDER
School of Hamano Shozui, signed Shozui
Japan, Hamano school, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
The shibuichi tsuba of marugata shape, with a kozuka hitsu-ana, finely worked in a combination of iro-e takazogan of gold, silver, suaka, and shakudo, as well as katakiribori and sukashi-bori engravings to depict a continuous composition of a South Sea Islander, dressed in a loincloth, pulling and dragging a branch of coral which leaves fine prints on the sand, the full moon carefully carved out among the clouds. Signed SHOZUI. With a padded wood tomobako storage box.
HEIGHT 7 cm, LENGTH 6.5 cm
WEIGHT 121.8 g
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear.