Iron Soten Tsuba.

Scene of the battle of Ishibashiyama with exiled Minamoto no Yoritomo.

Signed: Mogarashi Nyudo Soten sei and the Kakihan

The reverst signed: Kou To Hikone Jyu

Size: 7.5 cm X 7.7 cm 

Age: middle-late Edo period.

Note: Mogarashi Nyudo Soten is the son of the first Soten who was a famous metalworker in the middle of the Edo period.  He was excellent at the same type of engraving technique as his father.