A Tanaka tsuba


By Tanaka Toshikage, Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1860The tsuba of mokko form with slightly raised rim, inlaid with sails and pine branches by the shore of a lake in the foreground, birds flying past the full moon above, the reflection of Mount Fuji in the water of the lake, the reverse with fishing nets drying beneath a pine branch, details in gold, silver and shibuichi takazogan and honzogan, signed Toshikage with a kao, dated Manen kanoe-saru, chushu (mid-autumn 1860); with a wood storage box. 8.6cm (3 3/8in). (2).