you Goto be joking

[lonely panet]

◆ ◇ [Aoi] Former collection of a wealthy merchant, special feature 20 Yokozuna of metalwork at the end of the Edo period! !! "Goto Hobashi Ichijo (Hanaoshi)" Gourd-shaped Oboro Gin-maki Joint Yukihana Bunzu Uchigaeshi Ryogaku Kotsuba (jauce.com)

[Brian]

I enjoy that type and style of tsuba. And there were some high end makers doing that style too. Isshin and others.
Not saying it's great or not. Just saying it isn't cheap junk imho.

[Fuuten]

I'm not sure if it's intended or whether I'm imagining the image but anyone seeing the galloping horses?

[lonely panet]

i was more me finding a title to catch peaples eye. i to like the piece, but know nothing of later goto, or any goto. but i would suspect its made to decieve as it dosnt feel like the same quality ov seen from later goto.  

[Fuuten]

Looking at it a little bit closer it looks to me like a top view of horses moving in groups in the direction the arrows depict. I don't know if its a real or fake tsuba but it looks I quite interesting to me.

 

 

 

[Brian]

Don't look too hard, you will start to see things that aren't there. These are just abstract designs.

[Fuuten]

You're probably right, perhaps the stamp is just the corner part that's throwing me off