A beautiful tsuba signed Miboku Jokkei (Masayuki) dating: Period (1603-1867) provenance: Japan, Made of iron, nade-kaku-gata, iroe-taka-zogan in copper, silver and gold, niku-bori with hora-zogan and katakiri-bori. Depicting the god of the wind Futen among clouds. Nakago-ana with sekigane. Kozuka and kogai histu-ana. Mei Miboku Giokkei. Middle Edo period, 18th century. Masayuki Miboku Giokkei (1696-1769) was a pupil of Nara Toshinaga I, founder of the Hamano family and school.Illustrated and described in Japanese, English and German in 'Tsuba' by Günther Heckmann, H.U.B. Verlag Nürtingen, 1995. No. T99. dimensions 8.1 x 7.3 x 0.3-0.6 cm.