T501.  Shakudo kotsuka with gold and silver inlay.  9.8 x 1.4 cm.  The shakudo has a nice, deep black color (better than in my pictures), the carving and inlay continue over onto the sides of the kotsuka, and the back is signed and with a gold seal (I haven’t been able to read this; if you can please let me know).  A fiercesome warrior on horseback, probably from some piece of history or folktale I don’t know;.  I’ve always been struck by the Japanese artists’ use of a theme, that in western art would be presented as a horizonta, so skillfully on a vertical canvas.

Condition is perfect.  $325.