Overview
Fine grooves cut into iron and filled with hammered gold and silver - a sword-fitting craft now turned to jewellery.
Key facts
Founded / opened：1600s Highlights / collection：Inlaying gold and silver into iron, Nunome zogan (cloth-grain inlay) Genre：Metalwork
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