153. YASUYOSHI (ACTIVE LATE 19TH CENTURY) A Shibayama Tsuba Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century Of mokkō form with an applied silver rim, decorated in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi maki-e, and embellishments of hirame, nashiji, and inlays of ivory, coloured lacquer, and mother-of-pearl depicting a beauty and two children with fighting roosters beneath a blossoming cherry tree and a peony bush, the reverse with birds and other blossoming flowers, signed in a red-lacquer reserve Yasuyoshi. 10 x 9cm