Shakudo Nanako Fuchikashira with Yoshitsune and Benkei at Kumagai's Camp Inside of koiguchi: 29 mm

Inside of koiguchi: 29 mm x 12 mm

Carving is a bit crude but relief is incredibly high

It brought answers from 31 leading Zen monks

according to Haynes Index he was connected to Hamano Yukihiro

Tachi tsuka with dragon theme O-menuki

Shakudo Nanako Fuchikashira with Yoshitsune and Benkei at Kumagai's Camp Inside of koiguchi: 29 mmShakudo 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