Katana Tsuka with Shibuichi Fuchikashira - Amazing Inlay - 25 cm Tsunagi length

Tsunagi length

Tentei separated the two lovers across the Amanogawa and forbade them to meet

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

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

This kozuka makes a real impression in original size

Katana Tsuka with Shibuichi Fuchikashira - Amazing Inlay - 25 cm Tsunagi lengthKatana 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