Iron tsuba of the Saga school in Hizen province, signed on either side of the central opening 佐嘉住乗道 (Saga-jū Jōdō) followed by the maker's kaō, a signature the photographs show clearly. The plate is of mokkō shape, with a turned-over rim (uchikaeshi-mimi) and a hammered, undulating surface that gives it a rustic air. The front shows a mountain path at dusk: an inlaid moon between two peaks, a pagoda among rocks, a resting traveller and a woodcutter heading home with two bundles of firewood on his shoulder (the Kishō theme, 'the woodcutter's return'). The back depicts homecoming geese over reeds and a shoreline, a scene which, according to the original seller, follows a sliding-door painting attributed to Oguri Sōtan. The carving is in takabori with gold and silver accents and waves in kebori; the original seller relates it to the style of Kaneie. It measures 80.3 × 76.7 mm, 4 mm thick at the seppadai. The photographs show a dark brown iron patina, stable and free of active rust, with the gold inlays intact. It comes in a kiri box with an inner frame. The original seller declares an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper, which does not appear in the photographs.