Marugata suaka tsuba, Japan, mid-Edo period (1603-1868) Decorated with maru bori sukashi (openwork in the round). The mimi (rim) is covered with shakudo. The decoration depicts two figures playing go under pine trees, watched over by a third holding an axe, worked in the hikone bori style of the Soten school. It probably refers to the legendary game of go between Kibi Daïjin and the Chinese minister Gen-to. 8 x 8 cm