A pair of tsuba for a daishō, both signed 菊川南甫 (Kikukawa Nanpo) with an inlaid seal below the signature. Kikukawa Nanpo belongs to the Kikukawa school of Musashi province; according to the original seller, Nanpo is the gō of his later years. Both pieces are tate-maru-gata in shakudō with a polished ground (migaki-ji), decorated in takabori with iroe and gold and silver zōgan on themes from the poetry of Li Bai, according to the original seller: on the large tsuba, the moon over the mountains from the poem Seiyashi, with two figures on a bridge, pines with golden crowns and water engraved in fine kebori lines; on the small one, the poet before the waterfall of Mount Lu, a cascade of silver beside a golden pine. The reverses continue the landscape with pines, a mountain and clouds in relief. The photographs show clean surfaces, free of rust and knocks, with the gold intact and only light handling marks on the reverses. Dimensions according to the original seller: the large one 75.7 × 69.5 mm, 4.5 mm thick at the seppa-dai; the small one 72.4 × 66.5 mm, 4.6 mm. It comes in a fitted paulownia box for both pieces, visible in the photographs. The original seller declares an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper, which does not appear in the photographs.