Soten School Tsuba with NBTHK Hozon Tosogu - Mt. Kurama don't forget the ancient cold

don't forget the ancient cold soul of orchid"

Iron tsuba decorated with flowers

In perfect condition

There is additional hand written card that comes with this piece

Tsuba is decorated with Three Friends of Winter theme

Soten School Tsuba with NBTHK Hozon Tosogu - Mt. Kurama don't forget the ancient coldSoten 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