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The counter is..not getting hit, or blocking it. Totsuka can't cut through everything nor can Yata block everything. Hyperbole is not fact. Then there's the fact that he doesn't need to destroy Itachi's Susanoo to beat him. Mokuryu absorbs chakra. Jukai Kotan grabs him from under and removes him from Susanoo just how Gaara did it. Then there is the fact that he can't maintain Susanoo for long anyway.
I honestly don't feel up to looking up scans to prove or disprove any points(and for all I know I am wrong on this, so don't take it the wrong way/as me saying I definitely would prove you wrong), especially seeing as I pretty much skimmed over Madara's use of mokuton in the 5 Kages arc, and it's been a long time since I've read Deidara/Sasuke, and you're clearly far more knowledgeable than I in regards to most of these characters, but I wanted to cover this quote here.
Totsuka was stated to be a blade that has no actual physical form:
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So I'm not sure how you interpret what can and can't stop it. It sliced through the Hydra/snake heads with no difficulty at all. I don't know how tough those snake heads are supposed to be. I dunno how tough they are in relation to mokuton.
And yata is supposed to defend against every attack:
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I would assume this means it forms a 360 degree defense, otherwise it couldn't defend from every attack.
I understand hyperbole, but this hyperbole was at least given some feats to help back it up. Whether it's sufficient feats to claim it can defeat whatever Hashirama throws at it, I dunno, and I'm not the one best suited to debate that either way.