Akasaka tsuba, Karigane (flying birds) motif, (or possbly Gun-En
"flock of swallows." See below.) Edo period.
cf.
Joly, Henry L. Tōban
Shinpin Zukan [Picture Book of Important
Tsuba]. "Gun-En, 'flock of swallows.'
A similar design is attributed
to the third generation Akasaka
Masatora. Died 1706." in
Tō-Ron, October, 2003.