Shakudo Nanako Fuchikashira with Yoshitsune and Benkei at Kumagai's Camp according to Haynes Index he

according to Haynes Index he was connected to Hamano Yukihiro

Carving is a bit crude but relief is incredibly high

Tsuba signed "Ichiryu Tomoyoshi" with NBTHK Hozon Tosogu

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Iwama Nobuyoshi was born in 1807 and died 1878

Shakudo Nanako Fuchikashira with Yoshitsune and Benkei at Kumagai's Camp according to Haynes Index heShakudo nanako fuchikashira decorated with Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Musashibo Benkei at Kumagai's camp. According to the story Yoshitsune was so impressed by the beauty of a plum blossom he ordered Benkei to write on a wooden board "Anyone who cuts branch from this tree will have his finger cut off". However this note had a hidden message. It was a warning to Kumagai Jiro Naozane not to kill Atsumori, who was an illegitimate son of the Emperor. "If