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Both mokume gane , left Tatsuta River tsuba with design of maple leaf floating in the Tatsuta River Tsuba signed by Takahashi Okitsugu + seal , Shakudo , Shibuichi Takahashi Okitsugu broughtThe Mokume Gane techniques to their higest levels.
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A very good job, in older signed works , in tsuba it says on the omote KOIKE YOSHIRO 小池与四郎, and on the ura of the same ,IZUMI NO KAMI NAOMASA 和泉守直正 , here is another tsuba like this
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Torigoye died in 1978 (showa 53), hakogaki only has the Torigoye seal ... Someone used his seal or used an undescribed box
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Thank you for your help, I found a similarly signed tsuba. http://ginza.choshuya.co.jp/sale/new_tousougu/d/d198/index.htm
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Nice looking tetsu sukashi tsuba , horse theme . How to read this signature ? right side 羽?方x彦? left side is 六十八歳作 (made at the age of 68 )
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Uwe, do you have any suggestions for the second kanji character? I looked through the Haynes Index and found nothing
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Thank's a lot Steve ! I could not find anything close for the "art nam" and second kanji (宗?) Munetaka in artist name. I don't have such a Munetak in any of my books
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I recently bought a dragonfly tsuba signed by Yamakichibeie, dimensions around 83x80 mm, a similar work was presented by Steve in this thread, I wonder if it's a work done by Norisuke or a later generation YKB,
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Propably Akasaka or Myochin , the same motif : haze ( kasumi ) in positive silhouette at daybreak below .Left to right : Akasaka , Tosa Myochin Ki Toshio and Myochin Nobuyoshi .
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Yes , is Wakamizu kumi (New year event) theme tsuba. Similar tsuba made by Tamagawa Masaharu with seal signed in gold takazogan .62 x 59 x 4 mm
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Hi Roger ! Your tsuba is made in the style of soten, These tsuba were very popular and most works in the style are imitation , often poor quality made by shiiremono makers in late Edo . Examples - tsuba Soten I / II generation and two later works in the style.
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Thank you for all comments .It could be a later copy , tsuba is surely slightly thinner : hight 75 mm width 73 mm rim thickness : 4,3 mm , center - seppa 4,9 mm. The first tsuba with an irregular shape with a pine motif has very good iron and can actually be attributed to Tosa Myochin. Akasaka's earlier work has a different iron. I'm not a master of photography, sometimes the scan gives more details. Below is a reference to good tsuba (steel) Tosa Myochin and Akasaka and inregular shape pine tsuba with gold inlay
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First tsuba is pictured in Torigoye's "Tsuba Kanshoki" 1975 Edition on page 151,described as first Nishigaki Kanshiro ,has hakogaki by K.Torigoye.
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However the first tsuba is Nishigaki Kanshiro, not Akasaka, I will add better photos later
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This hight quality Higo tsuba pictured in Torigoye 'Tsuba Kanshoki' first edition was sold year ago on yahooo . It's not mine , found on the net
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