Discount!! Katana hilt with a refined and stylish "Moonlit Grass" design, fit for a high-ranking samurai.

A stylish and elegant tanto mounting (wood core, not the actual blade) adorned with moon and autumn wildflowers.
In good condition for its age, it is likely a mounting that was cherished by a high-ranking samurai since the Edo period.

Shakudo Tsuba
Gold-covered Seppa
Mekugi-nuki Obverse Design: Gold inlay of hibiscus or hibiscus?
Mekugi-nuki Reverse Design: Gold inlay of Japanese anemone?
Kashira Design: Mangetsu
Samegawa-maki (rayskin wrap) with Oyatsubu (large rayskin nodes) handle

Scabbard Dimensions (approx.): 33.2 cm
Handle Dimensions (approx.): 12 cm
Tsuba Dimensions (approx.): 5.4 x 4.5 x 0.4 (Length x Width x Thickness cm)
Seppa Dimensions (approx.): 2.2 x 3.6 (Length x Width cm)
Fuchi-kashira Dimensions (approx.): 3.5 x 2 x 0.9 (Length x Width x Thickness cm)

As I am not an expert, I cannot provide detailed information or answer technical questions.
Please judge from the images and consider your purchase.
As this is an item from an old era, it has commensurate scratches and chips.