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ElleRoseEast

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  1. Heya, I'm new to the forum, so please point me in the right directions if my forum ettiquette is off. I read the FAQ and the nihonto kanji pages. I can read Japanese (almost N3 level - JLPT), but I'm very new deciphering degraded mei. I recently acquired 2 tsuba. 1 is mumei, and I'll post about it separately. The other, pictured below, is 7.5 by 8.3 cm, mimi is 4cm, seppadai is also 4cm. it's a lovely high-relief scene with cranes and sakura or ume blossoms. It looks to be shakudo to me. The mei seems to be 3 kanji, the middle of which is 成 "nari". I can't, for the life of me, decipher the upper and lower kanji. They are so curvy that I can't map out stroke order. What do you guys read from this me? Also, does this look like it could be from the Jingo or Onin school? Full disclosure, I do plan on selling this and my other piece. I'm willing to give a small donation to the site for an appraisal. Thanks for your insight. P.S.  I recently moved back to the US from Japan, so I'm pleased to find this message board where I can keep up my interested in nihonto.
  2. Hi, I just moved back to the states from living in Japan for three years. I have always had a penchant for Japanese antiques, although I've only recently gotten into nihonto. My grandfather and father collected Japanese antiques, and I grew up surrounded by their collections, but they don't have much miltary memorabilia. I recently discovered some beautiful tsuba, and I'm looking to increase my collect. Full disclosure, I do have a small Japanese antique business, so I plan to sell some of the tsuba I post about. I'm mostly looking to learn more about this niche fusion of Japanese art and history. I've done a bit of research online, and these forums are definitely the most encyclopedic I've ever encountered! Glad to join and hopefully I've be able to share some knowledge eventually, after gleaning much from these boards.
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