Chikatsugu of is known through two signed , a recognised in 1940 and a designated at the twenty-seventh session. The signature compendia list several smiths of the name, in at Nitta-sho or , in at , and in Bingo a smith thought to have founded the Hokke Ichijo line. Of the Jubi the published sources write 「この親次は銘鑑に鎌倉時代中期、弘安頃と伝えているものに該当するであろう」 (this Chikatsugu probably corresponds to the one the compendia place in the mid- period, around Koan, 1278 to 1288).
That is , with a width and of standard proportion and an orthodox overall shape. Its is with the grain standing somewhat, with a tendency toward , and the temper is a with . A second reader accepted the judgement but added a reservation: 「この親次は編者の言の如く古青江と思われるが、銘の位置、鏨の太さは異例である」 (as the editor says, this Chikatsugu appears to be , but the placement of the signature and the thickness of the chisel strokes are unusual).
The is also , a blade with the shaved down so that the ridge stands high, a shallow curvature and a . It is forged in mixed with , with , forming ; toward the edge the grain flows, yet the surface stands in a fine - texture. The is a with a tight , which the sources describe as 「匂口のしまった直刃を焼いて小互の目、小足入り、ねずみ足も入っている」 (a with a tightened , with small , and also ), in , and the runs straight with a very slight return. A large two-character signature is cut near the tang tip, on the in the position of a signature, and the attribution to rests on the file marks: 「大筋違の鑢目からこの作は青江の親次と」 (from the large file marks, the work is judged Chikatsugu).
On this small record Chikatsugu stands as a hand of the late thirteenth century working in a restrained and , with the crepe-like of his school, and with a signature whose placement is recorded as unusual or noteworthy on both blades. The Jubi was owned at its recognition by Mitsui Takakimi and is now in the Sano Art Museum.