Tsuge's Ikebana line was mainly crafted by Kazuhiro Fukuda. He learnt his art with Sixten Ivarsson and Lars Ivarsson in the 1960s. He was also the mentor of Kei'ichi Gotoh when the young pipemaker came to Tsuge and contributed to Ikebana line in 1981.
Markings:
Pipes from the Ikebana line are hand-made and generally haven't any logo on the mouthpiece. They were graded (ascending) from "A" to "G". Depending to the period of time, high range Ikebanas grade stampings extended to ... "V" and lastly were canceled.