Iron Fuchikashira Signed "Teikan" with NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu - Ryuko picture of original is attached

picture of original is attached

They are most often seen on Buddhist temples

It is made of iron with carved dragon

there are also few colour photos

Size: 75 mm x 71 mm x 5 mm

Iron Fuchikashira Signed "Teikan" with NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu - Ryuko picture of original is attachedFuchikashira signed "Teikan" with NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu. Ogawa Teikan was a son of Okawa Motosada who was a student of the first Taizan Motozane. There is an extant tsuba signed both by Teikan and his father. He was born in 1928 in Mito Hitachi province, after the death of his father he inherited family title Teiju and became a retainer of the Mito Tokugawa Daimyo and Bakufu of Edo. In his later years he lived in Edo and had a large studio with