Soten School Tsuba with NBTHK Hozon Tosogu - Mt. Kurama bamboo and chrysanthemum

bamboo and chrysanthemum

There is additional hand written card that comes with this piece

Shibuichi fuchikashira signed "Nobuyoshi" with Kao

Seppa dai might have not been originally fully defined

Ayanokoji Nagamine was active around 1750-1775 in Kyoto

Soten School Tsuba with NBTHK Hozon Tosogu - Mt. Kurama bamboo and chrysanthemumSoten School tsuba with NBTHK Hozon Tosogu. It is not signed however NBTHK attributes it to "Mogarashi", which is a narrower attribution than "Hikone Bori". While "Hikone bori" is a style of tsuba, "Mogarashi" name refers to mainline School students or Kitagawa family members from which Soten School emerged. It is worth adding that NBTHK does not give "Soten" School attributions. They refer to this type of tsuba as "Hikone" or "Hikone bori" from a