Exceptional Katchushi Tsuba.
From end of the Kamakura Jidai until around the Muromachi Jidai period.
The work style of Katchushi and Tosho are almost identical.
The single flower (Plum) placed boldly on one side of the guard is neither naive nor plain.
It represents a kind of ultimate beauty and gentle mood evocative of a sense of compassion of the warrior.
The strong, softly lustrous metal, the placid plum blossom, the large Hitsu-ana, and the antique-looking
chisel marks around the Hitsu-ana are all characteristic indications of early-Muromachi period works.
The Hitsu-ana, made when the guard was first produced,
suggests that it is a work of the time of Yoshimitsu.
There is a slight trace of inlay, Kin zogan.
Maru gata and maru mimi.
7.1cm x 6.9cm x
0.4cm.