TSUBA

NIDAI AKAO YOSHITSUGU

SIGNED: EDO JU AKAO YOSHITSUGU SAKU

SHODAI YOSHITSUGU, THE FOUNDER OF THE AKAO KE, WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN A PUPIL OF UMETADA MYOJU.

THEY BECAME TSUBABAKO FROM THE NIDAI ONWARD.

SHAKUDO JI SUKASHI PIECES ARE THE MOST COMMON.

NBTHK HOZON KODOGU