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Hi David, great tsuba. I'm happy my performance wasn't so bad. I stated mid Muromachi just following Sasano's, and after all NTHK shinsa in 2002 still stayed on the same orthodoxy... Thank you for this amusing topic. Mauro
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I use to bite the tsuba to evaluate hardness and carbon content, so if David send me his tsuba I can surely give an educated opinion.... bye, Mauro
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Hi David, I like your challenges (and your tsuba as well). That's my try: - middle Muromachi period - Kanayama (but simply Owari could be the right answer) - Owari province (modern Aichi prefecture) - karigane and...? (that's the most difficult answer since NTHK sensei can take out every kind of rabbit from their hats) - kanteisho (mid level paper) Bye, Mauro
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Hi Matt, I have a tsuba with the same sukashi (openwork decoration). I suppose it's a family crest, but I never succeed to find out wich family. My tsuba is 72.6 x 72.1 x 3.1 mm. Quite unusually it has also a small inlay on the ura side (the side facing the blade) representing a triple star, possibly a later added . My guess is early to mid-Edo. Bye, Mauro
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My guess is Aizu-Shōami (会津正阿弥), middle to late Edo period. Nara (奈良) is my alternative choice. Bye, Mauro
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Hi Grev, nice tsuba and very reasonable prices. My choice is T133 (PM sent). Bye, Mauro
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Thanks Robert and Piers for the suggestions, that subject is puzzling me for a while. I post here the original kanteisho origami for future reference. Here below a little tsuba (68 x 65,3 x 4,1 mm, 69 g weight) from my collection with similar subject. Unfortunately the original kamon inlay in missing. Bye, Mauro
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The NBTHK paper is remarkably poor of useful informations. It simply reports: ajiro tsuba - tetsu-ji kawari-gata nikubori - mumei No suggestions at all about school or style. Bye, Mauro
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Hi David, really an interesting tsuba. I wish just to remind that the punctinated surface is called hari-ishime (針石目). The mon-sukashi could be katabami (片喰), i.e. not a flower but leaves of wood sorrel. Bye, Mauro
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西垣勘四郎? :? Bye, Mauro
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I think the subject of the openwork could be ashi - 芦 (Phragmites australis L.). Bye, Mauro
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Hi David, here my guess (half relaying on my very limited tsuba knowledge, half on psychology): 1. Momoyama jidai 2. Saotome 3. Shimotsuke or Hitachi provinces 4. NTHK kanteisho That's the rationale: ko-sukashi in Saotome tsuba is typical of early production (as kokuin are more typical of Edo jidai), and a well preserved pre-Edo tsuba deserves an high level origami. Of course the tsuba may have been judged a Shōami stuff, and all my theory is just garbage... Bye, Mauro
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Hi Mark, I'm with Junichi, it is really an interesting tsuba, unfortunately lacking most of its original hira-zogan. I'm still struggling with old inlay school classifications, but I guess the best tag for this tsuba should be Kaga Yoshiro, and Momoyama period is a good assumption as well. Please see: http://www.giuseppepiva.com/index.php/e ... tsuba.html Bye, Mauro
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I do prefer ars aruspicina in judging tsuba, nonetheless I find Guido's approach a perfectly legitimate practice... Bye, Mauro
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Hi Mariusz, shuji (種子) is just the Japanese translation of the Sanskrit term bija. bye, Mauro
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Hi Don, I'm unable to answer your question, the hitsu-ana plug (umegane) is almost surely shakudo, the other material could be either unpatinated shakudo or another copper-based alloy. I had a second look at the other tsuba (with the engraved sayagata pattern) and only now I see some seal script kanji. It could be interesting and educative to have them translated. Bye, Mauro
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Interesting tsuba and very nice F/K set, but not matching theme. On tsuba a popular fabric design, on F/K lightings omong clouds. Bye, Mauro
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My guess is Umetada (...or Shoami, of course). Bye, Mauro
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My guess is Higo. bye, Mauro
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Hi Nikolas, nice fuchi indeed. The subject depicted is probably Taikōbō (太公望), also known in China as Lu Shang or Taigong. Bye, Mauro
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The paper say just mumei (Shimada) - 無銘 (島田). Bye, Mauro
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Many thanks, Chris and Koichi Best regards, Mauro
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Thank you Chris. Of course 小 - ko = small. The meaning of 小菊散 should be "scattered small chrysanthemi". The transcription you propose has the same meaning? Bye, Mauro
