Period:

Late Edo.

Basic Shape:

Rounded square (nade kaku), round or elliptical shapes.

Seppa-dai:

Elongated, slightly pointed at the top.

Hitsu-ana:

Most often kogai-ana.

Thickness:

Average for the time.

Rims:

Maru mimi, squared maru mimi, and kaku mimi ko niku.

Design Characteristics:

Haze (kasumi), Chinese phoenix, paulownia (kiri), etc. in positive silhouette.

Comments:

The Tosa-Myochin school were a distant branch of the main line of the Myochin family. They worked for the most part in Akasaka style. The best of their work is equal to the later Akasaka tsuba produced in Edo. In some of their work there is strong influence by the Higo style mixed with the Tosa Akasaka style.