k3307　鐔　無銘（江戸肥後）桐鳳凰図


Tsuba: no sign. (Edo-higo)
"Kiri, HouO"

Tsuba: "Kiri, HouO"
no sign. (Edo-higo)

※HouO are mythological birds found in Sinospheric mythology that reign over all other birds.
Paulownia(Kiri) had been deified as a tree which a HouO peached on.

made of iron, Aori shape, gold inlay, covered with silver on the rim
81.7mm at Length / 74.7mm at Width
3.4mm at Thickness
3.9mm at rim

late Edo period

Price 58,000JPY