Period:

Late Muromachi to Edo period.

Rims:

Often have sukinokoshi or uchikaeshi mimi.

Design Characteristics:

The most common decoration is openwork in negative silhouette of mushroom shapes. Sometimes pieces have inlay of silver or brass in ten-zogan (dot inlay) or broad areas of silver and brass combined.

Metal Surface:

In later work there is a combination of rough hammered surface and kokuin (hot stamp designs). The best kokuin tsuba are those with the hana and kaze stamps.

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