The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba)
An unpublished catalogue of the A. H. Church collection of Japanese sword-guards (tsuba) by Albert James Koop.
The founder, Yegawa [Japanese text] Toshimasa I (about 1800), worked first at Mito as a pupil of the Ichiriū, but was later adopted by Katsura Yeiju of the Yokoya School and followed the Yokoya style. He worked for a time at Kurume for Arima, Lord of Chikugo province, using the art-name of Sōrin; later he moved the atelier to Yedo. His famous son Toshimasa II (known as Sōrin II), and others of his successors, reverted to the Ichiriū and allied styles.
(No examples in the Collection.)
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