Suaka Kozuka Signed "Tsuchiya Masachika" with NBTHK Hozon Tosogu - Dragon and Clouds It is a Ko-Kinko tsuba

It is a Ko-Kinko tsuba made of  high quality shakudo

Eyes inlaid with soft metal

Made of shakudo with nanako ground with gold and silver inlay

Full wrap high quality samegawa

"Studies in Kyo Goto" by Kasahara Koju and Akimoto Shigeo

Suaka Kozuka Signed "Tsuchiya Masachika" with NBTHK Hozon Tosogu - Dragon and Clouds It is a Ko-Kinko tsubaKozuka signed "Tsuchiya Masachika" with NBTHK Hozon Tosogu. Masachika was one of the names used by 6th generation Yasuchika. He was a son of 5th generation Yasuchika. It is said he studied with his father, Hagiya Katsuhira and Tanaka Kiyotoshi. His exact birth date is unknown, died in 1861. Made of Suaka, that is literally pure copper. So refined copper without additives. Size: 97 mm x 15 mm x 4 mm