Iron Fuchikashira Signed "Teikan" with NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu - Ryuko It was made by Hirochika

It was made by Hirochika who was active around 1825

It is made of iron with carved dragon

Inside of koiguchi: 29 mm x 11 mm

It sometimes covers just a bit to much

Made of a soft metal and partially gilded

Iron Fuchikashira Signed "Teikan" with NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu - Ryuko It was made by HirochikaFuchikashira 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