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  1. Rodenbacher
    Hi Curran, you are right! So I tried my best, the color is better in these pics - and you can also see that there is a little surface rust on the backside, which I didn't realize before (the first pics are a bit old) but it's not a serious problem - nevertheless I reduce the price to 420 Euro.
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    Patina is darker and more blackish brown than in the Pictures.
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    Matsunoki: that's a good idea, indeed. I found a description of an much older iron Nobuie Tsuba here, which has a similar form and motif: https://varshavskyco...ction/tsu-0432-2023/
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    I bought this tsuba 12 years ago from Grey Doffin, it's a very nice one, but I'm changing the focus of my collection, so this has to go. I still wonder about the face of the dragon, if it's grumpy or happy... Iron Tsuba with a deep smooth and silky patina, signed Yamashiro no Kuni Nishijin Ju Umetada Shigemitsu - not papered. Size 7cm x 7,3 cm in old box 500 Euro
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    I bought this Tsuba in an antique shop in Japan, it's made of black Lacquer with a wooden core. What puzzles me are the Mon, which are done in an incredible fine way. I don't know anything about lacquering techniques, does anybody know how this can be done? It's really difficult to take pictures of it because of the shining surface, that's the best I could do...
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    Thank you very much! Indeed, this is very likely Hamano school, I guess (I'm not an Hamano expert, of course...) The photos are not very good, just snapshots I made with my cellphone.
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    Dear fellow board members, I bought this nice little Fuchi-Kashira in Tokyo and need your help with the signature. Man thanks in advance! All the best Peter
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    That's correct! I changed the Title of this topic, thank you very much, Florian!
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    There is a fine example of a Tunodaishi Tsuba in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/11301
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    Nothing to discuss here, just a little bit of information, which may be helpful for some of you. Maybe you wondered what the little demon figure is you will see here and there on a Tsuba or Kozuka. I am currently staying in Nikko, Japan and in the Rin'noji Temple I found the following information:
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    Hi Chris, this is the often depicted story from the Heike Monogatari of Taira no Tadamori and the oil thief: https://egenolfgalle...ri-and-the-oil-thief
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    Copper Tsuba, late Edo, showing Shoki the Demon Queller. En suite Koshirae with copper Fuchi Kashira with the same topic and copper Menuki depicting a Hannya mask.
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    Thank you both! The Nakago-ana was altered heavily, so it's difficult to judge, if the artist was bad or another smith who altered it. The tail of the bird is not symmetrical, that's right - and the head of the bird isn't very elegant done, these are good points, Jean! But the best argument you mentioned is the strange form of what I called Tekkotsu. I own some Tsuba (Ko-Shoami, Kanayama etc) with real Tekkotsu and they look indeed different. And that's exactly, what concerns me....
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    Just visit me in Frankfurt, so we can meet and you can hold my Tsuba in your hands!
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    What is the reason for your opinion? I think it would help all of us if you could tell us a bit more. In fact I am really in doubt about the age of this piece and it would help a lot if I could understand your point of view.
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    Nice little Tanto Tsuba, late Edo.
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    I can see the similarities, but I can also see the differences in the two Tsuba surfaces. I don't think it's the same maker.
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    Hi Brian, it's nearly impossible to answer without seeing the backside of the Menuki, do you have a photo?
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    Thanks to all of you for your help and your kind words.
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    The more I study this Tsuba the more I think you are right...
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    Or am I completely mistaken and it's cast? There are no bubbles in the surface, the Sukashi walls show no seams of the casting moulds, the iron rings like a bell, when snapped with a fingernail... I really need your advice.
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    There is at least one of the irregularities, which is clearly a Tekkotsu - it's very difficult to take a photo of it, but it has the color of Iron, so it's no paint or lacquer:
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    Another one:
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    Close-ups show the irregularities:
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    Gentlemen, I need your help! Some years ago I bought this Tsuba, it was not expensive, but when I held it in my hands, I was really disappointed. At first I thought it was a casted copy, but after some time of studying I can guarantee, it's not. What puzzles me is the strange surface. It's smooth, but there are irregularities I have never seen on a Tsuba before. I don't know, what it is? Remnants of old lacquer? Old paint? A rather bad repatination?
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