Kurikata

Can this tsuba with suaka inlays be from heianjo school ? Usually inlays are in yellow copper.... Your opinion please?

Waiting for batch # 4

"The sennin Shiei (Chin. Tzū Ying) once caught a beautiful red carp. He set it free in his pond so as to be able to admire it at his leisure. He fed it well and it grew enormously. After a year its length was over 10 feet and it had grown horns and wings. One day Shiei knelt down and paid homage to his carp. It promised to take him to heaven. It started to rain, a typical association with the nature of dragons and Shiei sat himself astride his fish that carried him to heaven. The sennin Kinkō (Chin. Ch'in Kao, 12th cent.) spent a great part of his life drawing fishes and singing sacred songs. One day as he took a bath in the river, the king of the fishes invited him to his domain. Kinkō accepted the invitation. He told his pupils of his intention, naming a day for his return. Then he dived into the stream. On the day mentioned by Kinkō his pupils assembled on the bank. Astride a giant carp Kinkō emerged from the waves. After this he stayed yet a While with his pupils who took a vow never again to kill fish. Then Kinkō, and now for ever, disappeared into the stream." Quoted from: The Animal in Far Eastern Art: And Especially in the Art of the Japanese Netzsuke, with References to Chinese Origins, Traditions, Legends, and Art by T. Volker, pp. 24-25.

You can google "Sennin Shiei" (Tzu Ying in China) - Found this one: Iron tsuba with Shiei motif - Dimensions: 83.4 x 75.5 x 3.9 mm - Iron tsuba of mokko-form carved and coloured with silver and gold iroe, depicting a sennin (immortal) Shiei riding a carp to heaven. Waves in the bottom and clouds on top of the plate. Sennin's head inlaid with shakudo.

I wish i was before you on this flea market. !!!

similar one:https://www.ryujinswords.com/016-ants-tsuba

Can someone tell me what is the Rational of such a price? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-sword-tsuba-NBTHK-paper-tea-ceremony-room-bushi-Japanese-warrior-Edo-9/133166557449?hash=item1f01586909%3Ag%3Aq1QAAOSwjuFbqKiS&LH_Auction=1

Tomohide collection ? Good choice and I really would like to see them in hand. What a beauty!

Thank you Ford for your highlight and confirmation.

With additional better picture, I would tend yo confirm Steven views on a late Edo kozuka "in the style of the famous Myoju". The inlays have not the subtlety ant the delicateness of THE Umetada Myoju school. Anyway thank you for your comments

I wish i could afford one of them!

I just received this mumei kozuka today. It is in shibuichi with the leaves in kaga zogan in shakudo. All elements make me think that this kozuka has an umetada school influence.Do you agree with me?

I like the way the tiger tong is rendered.

Thank you Chris for your interest but having the tsuba in hands I think horses are original with the plate.The mix of techniques make me think Nara school but i am not that sure.

No clues?

I purchased this tsuba some years ago as a Nara school one. But the more I look at the katakiri pine trees the more I think it might be from the Hamano school. What are your thoughts? Thank you

my Rabbit Kurikata arrived home today...

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From my perspective, the mei is a part of the tsuba history. Someone (who?) found this tsuba nice enough to have a well know signature (for money of course).I am very often in the same situation with tsuba in my collection and if I purchased them, it is because they appelead to me. I would keep this tsuba as it is.

how many Umetada Myoju tsuba still are registered all over the world?

Bizen Shoami recently acquired

Therefore a double side tsuba would cost € 750 ($ 850)? Expensive no?

From very first researches, I think artist name is Ichinomya Nagayoshi (一宮長義). Kao on Shosankenshu from Henry L. Joly's fully fits mine.