Kinko tsuba with dragon and Kirimon

19th century 

Diameter: 8 cm 

The shakudo, a metal alloy with  copper, silver, and gold, was  compared  by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to the suggestive scene of the rain dripping on a crow wings. 

The tsuba is decorated in kiribori. The kirimon and the dragon eyes are inlaid in gold.