TSUCHIYA MORICHIKA TSUBA

An unassuming and important tsuba by Morichika. Signed Kinkodo / Tsuchiya Morichika Kakihan. Iron with takabori horses and riding accoutrements with gold nunome. A very dense plate with granular tekotsu throughout, made at a time when forged plate was the exception. 7.52 cm x 7.39 cm x 4.2 mm at the mimi.