KimN

Or not quite exactly the same. One of the decorative features around the outside is different. Stephen, there would have been plenty of opportunity for anything in Tokyo during WWII to be in a fire.

Wow, Kurikata, that is almost exactly the same but in much better condition. And is that eBay description accurate?

No fire while she owned it! What is it about the one on the right that suggests reproduction?

My mother has a couple of tsuba that she picked up in antique store in Tokyo many decades ago. Any thoughts on school/period?