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Made of shibuichi, with gold decoration, with signature 一蝅乘意 Issan Joi with kao. Nade gaku hokei gata with sukidashi mimi, there is a depiction of Daikoku Ten in a benevolent pose with gold teeth, on the omote side, and on the ura side two schoolboys of the Chinese tradition. Below the signature is the nagaharu seal in gold. Kept in Kiri box. Edo period 1800 Issan Joi is one of the three greats of the Nara tradition and his work is exhibited in museums around the world. He was a pupil of Nara Toshinaga and this tsuba represents his highest level of expression for which the school is famous, there is also the gold kao engraved by Joi himself as confirmation of one of his most successful works.