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Hi Antonis, here below the transcription of the relevant part of your origami: 龍宮図鐔 - Ryūgū zu tsuba 象嵌銘 敦家(印) - zōgan-mei Atsuie (in) 鉄地丸形布目象嵌 - tetsu-ji maru-gata nunome-zōgan Ryūgū is the “Palace of the Dragon King”, said to be located at the bottom of the sea. Atsuie is reported indeed as mid Edo - Kyōto - kenjō-tsuba artist in Signatures of Japanese Sword Fittings Artists by Markus Sesko. Mauro (I see now that John was faster than me)
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Wild ginger (Asarum caulescens) in Japanese is called aoi - 葵. Wasabi is a completely different genus (Eutrema japonicum). Mauro
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Frank, you already have most of the hakogaki translated: On the outside of the lid it's reported 巳目貫 - omi menuki. Bye, Mauro
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Ko-tōshō or modern fake is not the only option, since a late-Edo revival piece should also be considered. Bye, Mauro
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I'd also go for plain Shōami, Aizu-Shōami or Hizen (in decreasing probability). Bye, Mauro
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I'd say Aizu-Shōami or Nara. (this one has a paper reporting Aizu-Shōami) Mauro
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Hi Grev, describing your tsuba as a lock is at least in accordance with the NBTHK paper here below (reporting 錠前透鐔 - jōmae sukashi tsuba). Anyway, I'm more leaning toward the kite suggestion, since my tsuba is decorated with carved clouds. Mauro
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Ciao Luca, I've found paired vertical slits sukashi referred as 霞文 - kasumi-mon (mist), or 楷棒 - kaibō (the meaning should just be sticks) in NBTHK papers. On the tsuba found in the book "Tsuba no Bi" the sukashi is referred as 定規 - jōgi (rulers). Just take the explanation you like more... The mei could be X重作 - (...)shige saku Mauro
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Actually the paper reports: 銘 正阿弥 (以下木明) so the tsuba is signed indeed. But I'm unable to understand the statement in brakets. Mauro
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Komai and Kyō-kenjō are probably overlapping attributions. Here below two paperer tsuba with attribution Komai-ha and Kyō Komai respectively. Bye, Mauro
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Here below 3 tsuba with hare/rabbit from my collection and 3 more ones found on the net, papered respectively as Aizu-Shōami, Inshū Suruga and signed Toshikage. Bye, Mauro
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My guess is 吉次 - Yoshitsugu, possibly Akao school. The sukashi could be kukusaru (括猿). Bye, Mauro
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No. 1 Bushū-Itō school, late Edo, depicting 3 oubergines (三茄子透 - mitsu nasubi sukashi). Often those tsuba have very faint inscriptions, so check thoroughly if a mei is present. No. 2 probably Meji or later, depicting a prunus branch (枝梅透 - eda ume sukashi); the supposed straw hat should be part of a branch with a blossom bud. Just my opinion. Bye, Mauro
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The flower depicted is clematis (tessen - 鉄線), quite common in tōsōgu. I'm with the late Chōshū school hypotesis (very late Edo or Meji). Bye, Mauro
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The signature is 藻柄子入道宗典製 - Sōheishi Nyūdō Sōten sei. Probably gimei. Nice piece, anyway. Mauro
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Here what I can read: 黒塗小刻脇指拵 - kuro nuri ko-kizami wakizashi koshirae 縁頭 ?銅 赤銅地 - fuchikashira ??? shakudō-ji 目貫 ??図 ?銅 赤銅地 - menuki ??? zu ??? shakudō-ji 鐔 ?銅地 丸形 - tsuba ???-ji maru-gata (小柄穴) - (kozuka-ana) The elusive kanji could be 真, so 真銅 = shinchū. Bye, Mauro
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The origami specify the tecnique: 高彫毛彫 焼き手仕上 - takabori kebori yakite shiage.
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One more papered Naoaki here: http://www.e-sword.jp/tsuba/1110-6032.htm Mauro
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Hi Luis, nice tsuba here. My guess is: n.o 1 Kyō-sukashi; n.o 2 Aizu-Shōami (is it signed?); n.o 3 Kyō-Shōami (or just Shōami); n.o 4 signed Yamashiro (no) Kuni Fushimi jū Kaneie; n.o 5 Umetada (possibly Shigenari). Just my not-so-educated opinion. Bye, Mauro
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Not good, very good!
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MauroP replied to lonely panet's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
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The tsuba here below has been papered as ko-Shōami. Mauro
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It's a test, something like "find the intruder"? (the moon has eyes and mouth)
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That,s the kind of endoscope I'm familiar with. Are we talking of the same kind of instrument? Mauro
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The workmanship remind Bushū Itō school (signed 正寿). See http://www.shibuiswords.com/haynesTsu52.html Bye, Mauro
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