A Missed Bargin On Fleabay

[lonely panet]

by my eye a Ko tosho tsuba for a steal

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TSUBA-for-samurai-KO-SUKASHI-sickle-ax-early-Edo-jm191n-/351969487512?hash=item51f3042a98%3Ag%3ATSIAAOSwUKxYhX9k&nma=true&si=9MSBjSga%252FIDcZzwNJ6waZdBH6is%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

[Marius]

No.

[Jean]

Ko tosho with a raised mimi? No idea but In this case I would have said ko katsuchi

[christianmalterre]

maybe a "Ko"- mmmmph...!

Garbage!

[lonely panet]

well I got educated,

 

the thickness is 2mm, with simple sukashi made me think tosho,

and I thought katchushi had the raised mimi.

 

but i gladly welcome the education from more experanced peaple

[Jean]

Probably a modern repro, meaning not the era mentioned, Christian, taking into account the number of bids the sekigane is really shiny and the iron very smooth, nakago ana is curious...

[rkg]

the thickness is 2mm, with simple sukashi made me think tosho,

and I thought katchushi had the raised mimi.

This is again the "bin" problem - pieces attributed to katchushi tend to be thinner than pieces called tosho (plus the tosho pieces sometimes thin from the seppa to the mimi), and often have the mimi raised in several ways, but they also sometimes stick  tsuba  with no  raised mimi into the katchushi bin if there is enough sukashi in the decoration.

 

On the other hand, for this piece, I don't really know where it should go - it seems to have a slightly raised mimi as well as amida yasuri (?) - probably explains the nebulous name he used (ko-sukashi). I'm not sure I'd buy the age he lists, but maybe that's just me.

 

rkg

(Richard George)

[ROKUJURO]

With dimensions of 64 x 66 mm it is certainly not KO-TOSHO, but the KAMA and NATA SUKASHI are also found in TOSHO TSUBA of later dates, so it is a TOSHO design TSUBA at best, but not old, I think.

[Andi B.]

0,66 USD per gram is ok...

...I'll post some pics for further examinations when I received it...

[Brian]

With amida yasuri, I don't think this is junk..lotta work.
For the price, you can't go wrong anyways Andi. Let's see what the pics show.

[christianmalterre]

since when a certain " Amida Yasuri " should signify a certain " Quality " please ????

 

( very certainly one of the most primitive techniques used so to pittoresque a plate )

 

this  ( obvious "sign" of a "quality " ) was written somewehere it seems ???

 

Christian

[Jussi Ekholm]

Well I don't think it can be too bad buy for 39,99$'s. You can't really get even a decent Chinese made replica tsuba for that price.

[christianmalterre]

of course not Jussi !

 

so do let the new purchaser be happy of course!

[Brian]

That was my point too.

[Andi B.]

Hi,

the tsuba arrived today - together with another piece with "carved" amida yasurime.

Below some pics from the ko-sukashi tsuba (yes - the sekigane looks new and DIY) and the second tsuba with some characteristic "neko ashi" (?).
Feel free to comment on both pices...

 

 

 

 

[Stephen]

I like the latter one, nice!

[ROKUJURO]

I like the last photo a lot....  The TSUBA is quite nice. What are the dimensions?

[Andi B.]

...the amida yasurime tsuba has a diameter of 7,7 cm. The sukashi is 6,2 x 6,6 cm.