The right side of the tsuba shows a hawk in high relief, looking for its prey. The monkey is hiding on the reverse. The truck of the tree where the hawk perches extends completely to the edge of the central hole, which is usual. Hawk hunting was a popular sport during the Edo period (1615-1868), and hawk motifs were common on objects made for warriors.
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23940700" class="extiw" title="d:Q23940700"><span title="Japanese swordsmith and metal worker">Kano Natsuo</span></a>
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between 1848 and 1898 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1848-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div> (late Edo-Meiji)
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