Higo-san

Dear all letting go of this tsuba was not an easy decision but there are other major investments ahaead... this sale is about an investment-grade Owari tsuba with an almost perfect (!) maru-gata shape and plenty of tekkotsu. The quality of the iron is very high and has much appeal to it. The mimi is kaku-mimi and the design was judged as jumon (which can roughly be translated as a complex pattern). The attribution has been confirmed by the NBTHK. The Hozon papers have been issued this year. The tsuba came to me from an old French collection. Dimensions: Width: 7.57 cm Height: 7.56 cm (Average) Thickness at the seppa-dai: 0.57 cm (Average) Thickness at the mimi: 0.59 cm Nakago-ana: Width: 0.97 cm Height: 2.65 cm Asking price: EUR 1,900.00 plus actual shipping costs from Germany (will be somewhere between EUR 25 and EUR 65 depending on your location) Best Chris

Signature 4 may read 高来 (Korai). Is there a 越前 (Echizen) on the other side? Kind regards Chris

Last call at EUR 90.00 plus shipping costs for the set!

Still available at EUR 100.00 for the pair!

Dear all I have two nice pieces for sale: both are single(!) pieces. Dimensions: Sode: 26x23 cm Suneate: 27.5 x 35 cm Asking price for both pieces: EUR 110.00 plus actual shipping costs Kind regards Chris

You are not the only one, who is shocked, Kyle! You have some great pieces which are offered at ridiculously low prices. If someone is seriously interested in becoming a tsuba collector, this is now the time to start your collection. Prices have come down for a couple of years now and it may very well be that in a couple of years the market prices for these tsuba listed here will have tripled again. Honestly, if I myself would not be trying to sell some tsuba at the moment, I would immediately jump at at least two pieces. Good luck, Kyle, and congratulations to the buyers! Chris

Thanks, Bill - payment sent! Kind regards Chris

Dear Bill thank you - I will still take the books. Please let me know your PayPal address. First Class is fine for me. Kind regards Chris

Dear Bill I also sent you a PM - you may want to check your inbox. Kind regards Chris

Yes, Bill - I numbered the books according to the sequence of the pictures (please refer to my PM). In particular: - The gun collection of Matsumoto Castle - Iron Tsuba - Exhibition "Kurogane no hana" - 2001 Sword Catalogue - book with the teppo, yari and (Ichijo?) tsuba on the cover

PM sent for books 2, 4, 6 and 7

Thank you Chris and Piers. You may be right but I see a couple of strokes which are different.

Dear all I have recently acquired a tsuba with a classic design of a written kanji. Hopefully, somebody recognizes the kanji or is able to decipher it. Many thanks in advance! Chris

Both tsuba are ON HOLD!

No 2)

Dear all, I would like to part with two nice sukashi tsuba: 1) Signed with a nice dark chocolate patina and higlights in gold and silver (please not that one of the silver dots is lost and a shakudo sekigane has become slightly loose) - very beautiful theme with waves in front of the moon Dimensions: 8.1 x 8.1 x 0.45 cm Age: Edo period Asking price: SOLD 2) A large Choshu tsuba with a dark patination and some of the gold zogan still remaining - Design of a calm bamboo Dimensions: 7.9 x 7.8 x 0.5 cm Age: Edo period Asking price: SOLD Both tsuba will be shipped from Germany. Shipping costs are (including tracking and insurance): Germany USD 5.49 EU USD 13.99 Worldwide USD 45.99 Best Chris

Come on - do I really have to increase my own bid? Okay - let’s do it: 120 Euro ;)!

100 Euro!

50 Tsuba are offered for sale at Catawiki: https://www.catawiki.com/en/a/569805 Best Chris

Done, too

Well done, Tsuruya and Hannes!!!

Tsuba No. 3 is a steal at that price!!! Best Chris

Bruno by using some Japanese kanji (Mino Tsuba = 美濃 鍔), you can find plenty of pictures via Google - like this one: https://blog.goo.ne.jp/tsuba_001/e/ff2d0e3ed1555c36fc0147c62b29aac2 Best Chris

My guess would be early Edo Mino workmanship - neither the nanako nor the carving do look like Gotō to me. A really nice tsuba! Best Chris

These tsuba will sell fast