Katana Tsuka with Shibuichi Fuchikashira - Amazing Inlay - 25 cm That is why it has

That is why it has been cleaned and some conservation work has been done

He was one of the best students of Goto Ichijō and a representative of Ichijō School

On menuki on the back side of tsuka there is what appears to be a full moon

Length: 17 cm

the magpies cannot come because of the rise of the river and the two lovers must wait until another year to meet

Katana Tsuka with Shibuichi Fuchikashira - Amazing Inlay - 25 cm That is why it hasKatana tsuka decorated with after rain scenery. Fuchikashira made of shibuichi with amazing copper, shakudo and gold inlay. Please take a closer look at flower on fuchi. First leaf from the left is made of shakudo with a bit of copper, next one is shakudo with a bit of gold. Than there is stalk from the base material, after that gilded flower and final leaf from shakudo. And this is just a lower part of the flower. This is an amazing piece of metal