Dragon Design Tsuba

Description

Design: Dragon
Mei: Mumei, but has been attributed to the Kinai Tradition
Material: Iron
Era: Mid Edo Period
Region: Ecizen Province
[Size]
Height: 7.7cm
Width: 7.6cm 
Thickness: 0.4cm 
Weight: 108g
[Describe]
This Tsuba is larger than most other Tsuba, and it has the  dragon that has made Kinai famous as a craftsman. The theme is dragon and crafted by Kinai. Kinai is a lineage of famous Tsuba craftsman and it continued from the early to the end of the Edo Period. They are skilled at the Dragon design as in this Tsuba