Kyo Sukashi

[vajo]

Any help for attribution to this tsuba?

 

I call it kyo sukashi because i have no idea about where to go and which motif it shows.

 

[johnnyi]

Could sukashi possibly represent the 16 petal chrysanthemum (or the mix of sword tip and chrysanthemum you sometimes see on Buddhist tsuba?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

johni

[Henry Wilson]

I think a key kantei point to Kyo sukashi is a "koban" coin shaped seppa-dai, that is they are generally narrow and elongated.  Yours seems slightly bulbous to me.

 

 

Compare with the spread here:

http://home.earthlink.net/~jggilbert/kyoto.htm

 

I would say Shoami to be honest.

[johnnyi]

Hi Henry. I might be wrong, but I think the seppa dai might broaden as the tsuba enters the later edo period?  Here is one for example from edo that is certified

[Henry Wilson]

Yes, you could well be right.  But there is still an elongated appearance I think in the Edo pieces.  The one Chris has posted has a quite rounded seppa-dai relatively speaking.  According to my weary old eyes that is...

[vajo]

Hmm could that be the 16 arhats, saints?

 

https://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/arhats.htm

[Henry Wilson]

Looks like a flower.

[vajo]

No flower henry. That design shows the 16 arhats of buddhism.

If you search for this you will find a lot of mandala and similar designs.

Johnnyi was on the right way to go in the direction of buddhism. Thanks.

 

Shakyamuni Buddha and the sixteen Arhats are represented by lotus cushions placed on top of a circular sixteen petal pink lotus blossom. 

 

So that remembers a flower design.

 

I try now finding the correct school of that nice tsuba.

[Henry Wilson]

Shakyamuni Buddha and the sixteen Arhats are represented by lotus cushions placed on top of a circular sixteen petal pink lotus blossom. 

 

So that remembers a flower design.

 

 I think you agree it looks like a flower!

 

I try now finding the correct school of that nice tsuba.

 

Referring to my post above, I would say it is Shoami.

[vajo]

I go with you Henry. Thanks.

[edzo]

Hi all, just a thought, could this be the arhats and a rosary or prayer beads? Just a thought.