* Suaka tsuba in maru gata (round) form, decorated in maru bori sukashi (openwork in the round). The mimi (rim) is covered with shakudo. The decoration depicts two figures playing go under pine trees, watched over by a third holding an axe, worked in the hikone bori style of the Soten school. It probably refers to the legendary go game between Kibi Daïjin and the Chinese minister Gen-to. Japan, mid-Edo period H. 8 cm - L. 8 cm