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Some New Tsuba's. Information Welcome.


Robin

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Hello gentlemen,

Instead of posting about each and every new tsuba when I get it....I saved some and show them as a batch (not to spam the forum).

I still have problems assigning tsuba's to a school and determining the period/age. 

I'm  learning, but not there yet, so additional information is appreciated.

 

Nothing shockingly exciting, but I like to start low end....and step up a bit when I learn more about the subject.

 

Thanks for watching and I look forward to learn more about them.

 

Robin

 

1. Plain naga maru gata waki tsuba. signed(?).

7,1 cm, 6,5 cm, 4 mm.

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2. Waki tsuba, grass script mei(?), clifside with a branch.

6,8 cm, 6,5 cm, 4,5 mm

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3. Tsuba with faint swirls on the surface, unknown sukashi.

round 7,1 cm, 3,5 mm

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No idea what the sukashi can be. Note the jagged edge of the half round cut out parts of the sukashi.

 

4. Katana tsuba with kojiri sukashi, faint mei(?).

7,6 cm, 7,4 cm, 4,5 mm to 3,5 mm on the edge.

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5. Katana tsuba with silver fukurin, kabuto sukashi, mei: Bushu Ju Kunihiro Saku(?)

round 7,9 cm, 4,5 mm to 2,5 mm fukurin).

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At some point in it's life this tsuba received new brass sekigane, but not adjusted to fit a blade.

 

6. Large plain katana tsuba with silver lined udenuki ana.

round 8,6 cm, 5 mm to 2 mm on the edge.

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7. Katana tsuba, cranes with brass eyes.

8 cm, 7,9 cm 4,5 mm

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Nice additions Robin! I like #6 very much.

 

As Johni asked, the Satsuma use of the feature is annotated as to keep the sword in the sheath against a quick temper. Member Jussi also expanded the information for non-Satsuma tsuba in this response:

http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/24513-mokume-tsuba-pair-arrived-in-blizzard/?do=findComment&comment=248078

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Thanks guys,

 

I also like #6...it's not much of an eyecatcher, but I find it an interesting tsuba.

It's fairly large size, the go stone shape and of course the lined udenuki ana.

There are also traces of black (urushi) lacquer on the tsuba, so it had some splendor in it's glory days.

 

#4 kotoji...not kojiri :doh:

 

Robin

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