Shibuichi Kozuka Signed "Spring of 1864, Adachi Yusai" with Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu which is often mentioned in

which is often mentioned in many traditionally composed waka poems

Made in late edo period

From top of the fuchi to center of mekugi hole: 31 mm

not sure which constellation

Shibuichi Kozuka Signed "Spring of 1864, Adachi Yusai" with Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu which is often mentioned inKozuka Signed "Spring of 1864, Adachi Yusai" with Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu. To be exact it is signed "Spring of the Wooden Rat Year, Adachi Yusai". The only wooden rat year during lifetime of Adachi Yusai was 1864. He was born in Bizen province in 1823, at 17 he moved to Kyoto and became the student od Wada Isshin, one of the most famous students of Goto Ichijio. Kozuka is made of polished shibuichi with superb quality katakiri bori carving of the