MauroP
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I think Owari-kinkō could be a very good call. Another one could be Iyo-Shōami (they liked to repropose old-fashioned, ko-kinkō style tsuba). Here below two Iyo-Shōami (upper ones) and two Owari-kinkō tsuba.
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Looks like Akasaka cast copy...
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The relevant transcription of the paper: 鳥兜透鐔 - torikabuto (aconitum) sukashi tsuba 銘 永尚作 - mei Naganao saku (sorry, no hints wether this is the correct name trancription) 竪丸形 鉄鍛目地 - tatemaru-gata tetsu-kitame-ji 陰透 角耳小肉 - in-sukashi kaku-mimi ko-niku Did you succeed in gettig it? I tryed but I've been outbidded. Cheers.
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What about Umetada school... (looking at the karakusa inlaid in shakudō/silver on the rim)
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Worth telling that Genji-mon were also part in the incense-comparing games kumikō. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_incense#K%C5%8Dd%C5%8D That's why, in my opinion, some tsuba show Genji-mon and strange shapes that could depict burning incense.
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Here the entry for 源氏香 - Genji-kō from the third volume of "Tsuba - Kodōgu Gadai Jiten" by Numata Kenji. Being lazy and quite busy, I don't give up the hope someone could translate it...
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"Ko-Kyo-Sukashi Mito Shoami" makes no sense, as far as I know (but I know nothing...)
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This Kinai tsuba is described on its paper as sekka kasa sukashi (snow and umbrella), so the shapes in your tsuba could be indeed swow flakes.
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NBTHK certificate for Tatsutoshi tsuba
MauroP replied to PietroParis's topic in Translation Assistance
Here below the relevant transcription: 熨斗透鐔 - noshi sukashi tsuba 銘 江府住 辰寿 - mei Kōfu (or Efu) jū Tatsutoshi 竪丸形 鉄地 肉彫地透 角耳小肉 - tatemaru-gata tetsu-ji nikubori ji-sukashi kaku-mimi ko-niku -
Hi Chris, the symmetrical design could be either Akasaka or Kyō-sukashi. The layered iron points more to Akasaka.
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The theme "hungry wolf in the moonlight" (月下餓狼 - gekka garō) is reported in the second volume of "Tsuba - Kodōgu Gadai Jiten" by Numata Kenji. Here below the relevant pages. Maybe some of the members interested (and more proficient in Japanese) could take the task to make a translation.
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Hi Ed, I just realized that I have collected in my database an image of your tsuba from an old Yahoo Japan auction. Actually the tsuba has (had?) a NBTHK paper reporting in the description: 波貝に変り花抱茗荷紋鐔 - namigai ni kawari hana dakimyōga-mon tsuba. So little doubt about that mon representing myōga. BTW, quite unusually, the shinsa team reported also a time attribution (Momoyama).
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Hi, I think that 新井英寿 should be read Arai Hidetoshi. No hints about school.
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A gift from Emperor Meiji to the King of Italy
MauroP replied to PietroParis's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
Hi Pietro, the koshirae has been messed up a little bit. The kashira is correctly positioned as a tachi mount, tsuba as a katana mount (see orientation of the kiri-mon). Anyway a great piece. -
Hi John, guess what's the attribution for this... (hard to find here why the shinsa sensei gave such an attribution)
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Hi "Turtle", a small dimension tsuba with prominent tekkotsu, could be Kanayama (later refurbished for a gunto mount) Mauro
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Possibly Aizu-Shōami?
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Hi Chris, nice tsuba. I think Edo Higo.
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Thank you very much Moriyama-sama. Mauro
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My last tsuba arrived in a kiribako with an appraisal written on the lid. I'm unable to read the signature of the appraiser. Here below what I've translated: 束熨斗文 - tabanoshi-mon 丸形鉄地透鐔 - maru-gata tetsu-ji sukashi tsuba 銘 佐州住 - mei Sashū jū 利貞 - Toshisada X政X - ? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mauro
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Hi Grev, I'd also would go for Kyō-sukashi, the first one possibly pre-Edo, the other two mid to late Edo. Here below two papered examples:
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Hi David, Hizen school? Mauro
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一陽斎 埋忠就昌 - Ichiyōsai Umetada Narimasa [kaō]
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Hi Steven, I've found very similar tsuba a handful of times on Yahoo Japan. Here below my one The signature should be 延壽軒 寛利製 - Enjuken Kanri sei (I was helped by members of this forum to get it right). 寛利 can be read either Kanri or Hirotoshi. The subject depicted is Daruma in meditation in his cave. I suppose the material could be bronze (seidō - 青銅), casted and then hand refined Mauro
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Hi Grev, here how I see the thing: - the workmanship is fine (possibly not a masterpiece, but surely an appealing subject and execution) - the tsuba has been mounted (see the modification of nakago-ana) - probably gimei (but 4th generation Yasuchika could be compatible). So what can you expect from a submission to shinsa once removed the mei? Maybe Shoami.... a total wastage of time and money IMHO. Keep it as is and enjoy. Bye, Mauro
