During the Edo period, Kyoho era, the arrival of elephants in Nagasaki.

During the Edo period, during the Kyoho era, elephants arrived in Nagasaki and traveled on foot for 74 days to reach Edo. An iron tsuba with gold and silver inlay, depicting a clown riding an elephant. A precious design, exquisite tsuba. Dimensions (mm): Height 88, Width 80, Thickness 7. Comes with a period box, guaranteed to be from the Edo period.