tsuba What About A School ? (Kingfisher Themes)

[Kurikata]

Hi all,

 

This iron tsuba of 75 mm wide represents a kingfisher above waterplants plants in suaka and shakudo. Even if on the shakudo leaf i can detect 3 dewdrops (I recently learned thanks to this forum, that they were a kantei mark for Goto school), I don't think this tsuba is from Goto school.

 

But in that case what kind of school it is ?

 

Thank you for you comments and advises

 

Bruno

[John A Stuart]

Why am I leaning to Mito? Don't know, just a feeling. John

[nagamaki - Franco]

Nara, perhaps.

[John A Stuart]

I had considered that too; the thickness of the carvings, Nara-like, sure. Just a gut call. John

[Kurikata]

Thank you John and Franco.

 

My feelings wouls tend to Mito school too. But I wanted to benefit from "better" eyes.

 

Thanks again

 

Bruno

[MauroP]

What about Yukiyama (雪山) school?

bye, Mauro

[Kurikata]

Thank you Mauro,

 

I did not know this specific school. Do you have some information on it ? Do you have pictures of other tsuba from this school (Google results are very poor when keeing  Yukiyama (雪山)

 

Thank you

 

Bruno

[jpelkazooka]

 

 

I think it's a false one of the worst ever seen

[John A Stuart]

Here is a tsuba showing similar construction, Mito. What do you think jpelkazooka (name please)? john

[Jean]

Jpelkazooka,

 

Please sign all your posts with your first name and an initial as per the Board's rule.

[SwordGuyJoe]

I think it's a false one of the worst ever seen

Not sure what you're seeing, but it looks legitimate to me.

[Stephen]

Peakazooka, you dont know of what you speak, hang around ya might learn something

[Kurikata]

Thank you Jpelkazooka for you assessment on my tsuba. Can you please develop elements which make you see and think that this tsuba is "false"? Coming to "the worst ever seen" aspect, I cannot discuss it as everybody's taste is respectfull.

 

More seriously, can someone give me information on the YUKIYAMA schools as Mauro has opened a door I am ready to go through.....?

[MauroP]

Hi Bruno, I'm sorry I lost my references on that school (but I cannot have invented it by myself ...).

An alternative reading of 雪山 could be Setsuzan  (see http://jameelcentre.ashmolean.org/object/EAX.11112).
Here an image from my archive (but I do not remember where it came from).

Bye, Mauro

[Thierry BERNARD]

Hi Bruno, I'm sorry I lost my references on that school (but I cannot have invented it by myself ...).

An alternative reading of 雪山 could be Setsuzan  (see http://jameelcentre.ashmolean.org/object/EAX.11112).

Here an image from my archive (but I do not remember where it came from).

Yukiyama.jpg

Bye, Mauro

http://page24.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/q97981613

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MOUSE-RADISH-TSUBA-by-SETSUZAN-w-NBTHK-Judgment-of-KATANA-sword-EDO-2-9-/121859680973?hash=item1c5f672acd:g:j3EAAOSw4SlV76-~

[Pete Klein]

Thierry -- nice work!!!

I am not familiar with it but it might very well be the same school from what I am seeing.

[John A Stuart]

Setsuzan was a previous name of Nagatsune Ichinomiya. The founder of Nagatsune Ichinomiya school. Is this the same school? John
 

[TETSUGENDO]

Gentlemen,

 

Surely, SETSUZAN is spinning in his grave!  Respectfully....IT'S TIME TO HIT THE RESET BUTTON!

 

Steven K