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Is it a Tosho-Tsuba or a Katchushi-Tsuba.


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Robert,

KO-TOSHO and KO-KACHUSHI TSUBA were not signed, as far as I know. If this one has a MEI, it is most likely EDO period. Both are not schools, but styles. Later TSUBA maker adopted the designs of the old masters. 
You might say the TSUBA above with plum blossom is in TOSHO style. If you look into the books you will see that real old TOSHO TSUBA had certain characteristics: Many were rather thin (1 to 2,5 mm) and rather large, some more than 100 mm!

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To give you a answer to your´s question-

 

your´s Tsuba is neither of both!

 

A Tosho Tsuba is a Tsuba dating early 12th Century till up to Nambokucho ( this is roughly about 400 to 450 Years )

A Katchushi Tsuba is is practically congruent;  just to find real Katchushi works from Nambokucho is relatively scarce.

 

All Tsuba in stilism to both above mentioned exemplaires can not be called Tosho, neither Katchushi.

very simple.

 

latter works sometimes are called " by name" to theirs specific shape and execution, do but have nothing to do with the real ones!

 

your´s is a latter Edo times " revival of the good old days " -shape ....it is not a old Tsuba at all. It is just Edo.

 

Christian

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