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Hi Gents, my guess is that tsuba is from Kyo Shoami school. Other opinions would be more than welcome. Thank you

If you have time, naturel oxydation Will do its job. Can take several years... I had an over cleaned tsuaka tsuba on one face which became dark red and similar to the non cleaned face after about 10 years.....time is money!

Defintively a nice tsuba but poor picture quality does not allow to decipher the signature. I agree with Greg, design is a Japanese straw hat (for a priest or for a bushi) . Il like the balance of there design with udenuki Ana.

For reasons I Do not understand, Amazone informed me that the delivrry is posponed end of March..... Are some members still waiting for the book?

Coming back to real life , is there any reason why gunome zogan does not apply both sides of the kogai and kozuka? I guess the side along the saya did not need any decoration. But on namban tsuba when there is gunome zogan, it is usually on both sides. Any clues?

​Book purchased on Amazone France today for Euro 42,12 and Delivery date by Feb 4.

I finally found some information (British Museum and Baur Collection) as a photograph of him: Bristish Museum: An apiarist whose bee keeping appliance business in Welwyn was known worldwide and provided the funds that allowed him to travel. An antiquarian dealing in Japanese artefacts from his house in Kyoto. And in Japan at least a pioneering motorist who for many years seems to have owned the only car in Kyoto. Also a botanist who collected plants in British Guiana, Ceylon, Japan and Madagascar. Bequeathed 25 Japanese woodblock prints to the Museum (prints accessioned in 1941). Alfred BAUR : Son activité de collectionneur se divisa en deux périodes bien distinctes. La première s’étendit de 1907 à 1924, année où il effectua son tour du monde. Durant ces deux décennies, il entretint des relations suivies avec le britannique Thomas Bates Blow (1853-1941), marchand-collectionneur passionné, alors établi à Kyôto, qui lui fournit des « japoneries », tels des lames, des ornements de sabre, des netsukes, des inro, des céramiques dites Satsuma, des cloisonnés, des estampes, des statuettes en ivoire sculpté, des cabinets en laque avec des tiroirs « pour ranger les curios », etc. (salle IV). Mais aussi quelques « chinoiseries » avec des jades, des laques et des flacons à tabac (salle I

Thanks John for the information. I come to a conclusion that I'll get some difficulties to know more on this guy.....

Thank you Curran and Franco for you kind advices. The fact that this F/K is from the Omori school is more or less obvious (if I compare it with those of the Baur collection for instance). No doubt either that it is Gimei (Jean and Pete , I am with you). Being of quite a good quality and enjoying it a lot, I come to the conclusion that I will leave it as it is and I will keep it in my drawers for quite a long time. Thanks to all of you

Hello, Can someone give information on T.B. Blow (Who was he, What did he collect , When did he live, Does collection books exist?)? I tried to goggle his name but with little results...... This collector is sometime mentioned at some auctions (http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20790/lot/510/?category=list) Thank you

Thank you Joe, but when we come to THE Omori Teruhide we all know that 90% of signatures are Gimei and in addition, the signature on my F/K is really different in comparison with THE Teruhide signature (Kinko Meikan exemple herewith). Would it be possible that another Teruhide might exist ? Thank you

Hello, I need some help for one kanji. I read XX+ Hide + Kakihan Can someone help me on the first Kanji ? It does not look like TERU... even if the F/K looks Omori school...... Thank you for your kind help Cheers

Hi James, I got the PDF file on the article section and in fact the picture in the book is exactly similar to the F/K on my photographs. Thank you for your kind help. Best regards

Hi everybody I am looking for the description and if possible a scan (with pictures) of the Fuchi Kashira N° 208 of the Moslé collection. Can someone be kind enough to provide it to me ? I provide some pictures of this F/K (Signed Goto Teijo) Thank you for you help

you Can google Yasu Chika to find information. A lot of signatures are gimei.

Several of mine.....

Hi Dale, I attach a description of what an Odawara Fukurin is from a distinguished expert as Ford also is. Anyway, your tsuba does not looks this way..... Just my 5 cents....

​.....and F/K looks Soten school.......

Auto correction ...... systems generate what they think to be right..... and too lazy to verify .... result = en extensive mistake

​USD 3250 finnaly.... Cheap if real..... So extensive if fake.....

3 Million € is considered a the price of a life in France (http://www.liberation.fr/france/2016/09/02/pourquoi-une-vie-vaut-3-millions-d-euros-en-france_1476348) Sorry for having posted the link of this article in French but Google translator might help.... In two words it is stated in this article that this amount (3 M€) has been defined by French Authorities to measure the Return on Investment when making new roads, environment protection investments etc..... (ie if we invest 100 M€ and as a consequence it will save 20 lifes only, investment will not be decided ==> 20*3 = 60 < 100 ) Is this Katana worth one man/woman life ?

Thank you Steven but if the N° 954 is common to both lists, the tsuba is different (the one you mention has a crab design). The description of mine is " a stork in flight - Signed Noshuro Kazutsugu - Dated 1866". Signature is: 能城一次

Thank you Thierry and Geraint for the information. My tsuba is listed in the"Catalog of Loan Exhibition of Japanese works of art and handicraft" as N° 954. I don't know if pictures are available somewhere...... Thanks again

Hi, I have just purchased a tsuba and after some researches, I found that it was at a time in the "Matt Garbutt Colection". I guess that Matt Garbutt lived beginning of the 20th century as my tsuba is decribed in the "Catalog of Loan Exhibition of Japanese works of art and handicraft" published in 1915. Does someone from the NMB community has information on Matt Garbutt? Who was he? Did he collect Japanese fittings only but swords also? When did his collection appear at auctions? All information on him and his collection are more than welcome. Thank you Bruno

James, Strange to have a signed Umetada Myoju tsuba which style is completly different with Umetada school.... Yours is similar to a Tsuba present in the Ashmolean collection :http://jameelcentre.ashmolean.org/collection/7/10237/10343