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I'm a little confused. Hōrai (蓬莱) refers to a specific school or is just the definition of crane+turtle design? See: https://blog.goo.ne.jp/tsuba_001/c/3705ca04ebe5e5b0ee21a03a053fc48a/3 https://blog.goo.ne.jp/tsuba_001/e/fe55e018541a57923830533a7ad4f1bb
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I'd say Hizen. See: http://www.e-sword.jp/sale/2014/1410_6040syousai.htm
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Honestly I've to say that Nishigaki was my first choice...
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If not Nishigaki could be 土佐明珍?
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Never seen ko-Owari, but sometimes the shinsa sensei take out strange rabbits from their hats...
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suhama-mon (洲浜紋)?
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My try (hazarding something a bit unusual): 1. den Kanayama 2. Hōan 3. ko-tōshō 4. kōdai Akasaka 5. tōshō (but Myōchin or Saotome could be candidates)
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Alchemy or high energy nuclear reactions, I suppose...
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Here is reported Sozan: http://carvers.netsuke.org.ru/search.php?w=s Bye, Mauro
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Hi Grev, the rendering of fur in the monkey is far better in tsuba, but the difference could be in the hands of Ford and Kevin. On the other hand the general setting (and even some details, see the nodes of the whip) point to the same workshop. Regards, Mauro
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@vajo, I'd say more Hizen than Nanban. Mauro
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In NBTHK papers the description 無櫃孔 - mu-hitsu-ana is quite common referring to tsuba without kogai/kozuka holes. Possibly all "true" namban tsuba had no bitsu-ana, bat many were later modified once in Japan.
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Hi, here below what I've found in my records about tsuba papered Edo Higo by NBTHK. The last one (bottom right in the second image) has a Kumagai school attribution. As far as I see, a partial stylistic overlap between Edo Higo and Jingo seems quite evident. Bye, Mauro
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Agree with Bushū-Itō school, late Edo. Usually signed Kōfu-jū ... (in one of two here possibly Masayoshi). Bye, Mauro
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See this: http://togishi.com/store/p52/BCT1_Late__Iron_Akasaka_Sukashi_Tsuba_Torii_%26_Pine.html
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Just to clarify, dote-mimi and uchikaeshi-mimi can both apply, since the first term simply describes the rising of the border, the second term refers to the way the border was obtained (but in this tsuba the rised border could have been obtained by a tomogane-fukurin - 共金覆輪, i.e. a fukurin made of the same iron). About the ji-sukashi tsuba, my guess is Akasaka. Bye, Mauro
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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
