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hahaha, thanks guys! Yea I was obsessing over it since I was worried it might be considered a "kezu" since I honestly haven't seen one in real life before (luckily). Good to know it's nothing at all to worry about.
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Just got a very good close up of it. Seems like a kitae? Not in the best mirror polish.
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Correct, there’s no change in surface height or toughness. But a color change in that small spot. Has always been this way. Is that still considered a Kezu?
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Here’s another not exactly helpful photo: If it is a Kezu, could it be a small fukure or shingane?
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Hey Robert, unfortunately that’s the best photo I have. Here’s a clearer one but not as close up though. You can see the dark dot.
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone know what this small dark mark on this tanto is. Circled in blue. Is it a forging flaw and therefore considered a Kezu? Or rust? Or something else? (The other side is pretty much perfect).
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Thanks Peter! Very helpful. You're probably right that it's Soten. I ask since it reminds me of this Juyo tsuba from Nomura Kanenori of Soten school: https://www.token-net.com/juyotoken/juyo-dai46tsuba-1.html
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Wow, some fairly famous tsubas in this collection. btw, what mei does this tsuba say? I've seen a few tsuba that looks similar to this before:
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I noticed some katanas and tachis have asymmetric blade geometries. Especially with modern made katanas that have horimonos. Here are 2 examples: http://world.seiyudo.com/product/ka-080420/ http://world.seiyudo.com/product/ka-070620/ Is there a practical reason for this? or is it purely aesthetic? or an utsushi of some famous blade of the past?
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One thing I have noticed is commissioning a katana from a modern Mukansa smith is usually more expensive than buying one already made on the market.
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I really like the carving on this one. Defined yet soft. Seems like it's an utsushi of the Jounsai ones. What does the mei say?
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Thank you so much for the description Kyle! appreciate it. Don't worry about the Sekibun page, I managed to translate some of it.
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Oh I'm looking for the bottom explanation. Is there a way to orient the photos to right position? I upload them from my cellphone and when I use the compress it always screws up the image orientation.
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Hi, i was wondering if someone could help me translate the body description of these 2 tsubas I found in a book. Sekibun tsuba: Kono Haruaki tsuba:
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Thanks for putting this to everyone's attention. In my short 1.5 years of tsuba collecting I've seen so many fakes of that Sekibun carp tsuba, the Kato Teruaki Gold Rim tsuba, and Natsuo bamboo tsuba. It's interesting they picked those ones specifically to reproduce though 🧐
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Thanks! The other side is the front/omote showing Shinra Saburo playing a Sho on top of a mountain underneath a silver moon and clouds and above golden fog. It's by Nomura Katsumori(1835-1917, he signed on the front like most Natsuo School peeps), a student of Kano Natsuo and teacher to Kagawa Katsuhiro. From the mid Meiji era onwards he worked mostly for the Imperial Household Agency so his works are quite rare. I'm going to post a new thread about this tsuba some time later
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2 very different tsubas from my collection yet wabi my sabi lol.
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aww, I remember this Omori tsuba! very nice. Though how can you tell it's the moon and not the Sun?
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Totally agree. The MET has some amazing tsubas, but I wish their site was more like the MFA's gallery design.
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Saw this tsuba at the Keibay auction last night. Sold for over $20k usd. Not sure if it's real Goto Ichijo (no papers, and the mei is questionable), but the stylized design and carving of the cloud I really like.
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Thanks for providing your wealth of experience again Curran! I have noticed papered examples of Hirotoshi's kao, that large circular streak at the end seems to be rather "thick/bold" . I'll be looking forward to your sale next year then!
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Apologies for reviving this thread, but thought this was valuable enough to share. Here’s a NBTHK papered Hozon tsuba with the exact same design at 7.5x7cm signed Jounsai Hirotoshi. It’s hard to tell but the other ones seems to be about the same quality as this papered one, just perhaps smaller in size. Any ideas why the same artist would make so many tsubas of the same exact design? could it have been a school/students? are the others gemei?
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Lol, def Juyo here. btw, this is from the anime "Demon Slayer", it's Rengoku's tsuba: https://kimetsu-no-yaiba.fandom.com/wiki/Kyojuro_Rengoku -
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Now that's pretty awesome. I'll rather have a Natsuo sketchbook than many tosogu items even! Love how he only does one drawing per 2 pages and uses both and his entire composition.
