Rodenbacher Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 For sale is an Edo period Akasaka tsuba with papers. The tsuba is made of iron with finely cut sukashi. It is unsigned but has papers from the Nihon tōsōgu kenkyūkai (日本刀装具研究会) dated 2011 attributing it to Akasaka Tadatoki (3rd generation). This would be Tadatoki H09167 in the Haynes index who died in 1796 and was the sixth master of the Akasaka school. Clearly visible in the nakago ana is the three-layer construction (see pictures). You also can see that the extreme fine sukashi walls have suffered a little here and there, there are mainly two parts which I show in the pictures, its hard to find them without zoom. At the inside the walls are covered with what I think is old Urushi lacquer. There are no holes in the walls, no rattling, no rust. This is still a very good studying piece and well worth to be collected. Elegant design, well forged iron and brillant workmanship! Tsuba measures 72mm x 67.5mm, 4mm at the rim and 5.5mm at the centre. Price is 600,- Euro. Buyer will pay the real shipping cost, will be shipped from Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ROKUJURO Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 Dimensions? Tsuba measures 7 mm x 67.5 mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodenbacher Posted August 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 Sorry 72mm x 67,5mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodenbacher Posted August 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2018 Reduced to 500,- Euro. Come on, guys, that's a real bargain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodenbacher Posted September 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2018 450,- Euro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodenbacher Posted September 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 On ebay: https://www.ebay.de/itm/Beautiful-Akasaka-Sukashi-Tsuba-Papered-To-3rd-Generation-Tadatoki/323440615858?hash=item4b4e9021b2:g:MkkAAOSwuXtbl845 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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