Bugyotsuji

Something Fanny? Hmmm…. Only have two, but here’s one of them. Maybe an allusion to the ancient game of Tosenkyo, throwing the fan.(?)

It's doable, but a lot of work for someone. The Saburo Kaneuji blade paper is of the old type, so probably not too reliable.

Simple butterfly sukashi, iron tsuba, with Amida yasuri.

AF22391 鍔：江州彦根住　宗珉 – 日本刀販売の葵美術 (sword-auction.com) Another with the same Mei, Dan.

Natsume and other tea ceremony drawstring bags, and tied kinchaku purses came in various materials, such as cotton, silk, leather etc. I have a few real kinchaku, plus two matchlock powder flasks imitating the same style. Nice to see Namban tsuba made in this shape, protecting things of value.

Possibly the slimmest mimi I have ever seen!

Most unusual, those last two.

Pretty. Both the Uesugi family and the Date clan of Sendai and Uwajima, used bamboo and sparrow arrangements for their kamon, Jean.

Bruno, that is Ichohosai, not Issai.

Dale 一成 is a different Kanji than 一斎

Butterfly menuki in probably gold leaf.

Menuki. Kani crabs, silver.

Adding Karigane 雁

Robin, trying to imagine those with Shakudo finish intact. What could they be? Strips of konbu with biwa fruit, tied as an offering??? Wasp menuki

Pushed forwards, over on Matt's rats 'n mice thread, by Colin et al, I find myself setting up a thread here for Tosogu illustrating wildlife. I am thinking animals, but I guess 'wilding' is a fashion nowadays, so the greenery which surrounds and supports animal life could be included too. If there are no replies, I will add a photo here in due course, with something to prime the pumps.

Might be nice to have a 'wildlife in Tosogu' thread...(?)

But as we know from having this kind of discussion before, taxonomy was never so big in Japan. For example you will hear "Snakes? Safer to kill them." (Well, ok, that does happen all over the world, I agree.) Close observation and accurate rendition was an art that developed later. Just a couple of months back when I pointed out using a photograph how, depending on the sub species, some white egrets can have yellow beaks and black legs, other white egrets black beaks and yellow legs, some metalwork artisans were fascinated to see the difference. Whether rats or mice, they are nezumi, agents of Hotei and symbols of wealth in your storehouse. Many Tosogu are hard to pin down!

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Budded cross, Ojimé and tsuba.

Also in the west called a Celtic cross.

Interesting! I once owned a genuine tsuba, based on a variant ‘Maru ni Nuke Jūji’ Satsuma Shimazu Mon. 丸に抜け十字 https://www.google.com/search?q=丸に抜け十字薩摩家紋&client=safari&sca_esv=2f5b823099db8bc2&sca_upv=1&hl=en-gb&udm=2&biw=390&bih=663&ei=_ljUZp39K7yK7NYPkqGF2AY&oq=丸に抜け十字薩摩家紋&gs_lp=EhNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwIh7kuLjjgavmipzjgZHljYHlrZfolqnmkanlrrbntItI_lJQ8BJY7ENwA3gAkAECmAFUoAHjBaoBAjEyuAEDyAEA-AEBmAIBoAJLwgIEEB4YCpgDAIgGAZIHATGgB4wH&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp#vhid=88ubFn_B_WDrfM&vssid=mosaic

丸に離れ二つ星 (Maru ni hanare futatsu-boshi) in Uwe's photo means 'Two separated stars within a circle'. Never seen that before, but I reckon that must be it! No.46 here: 月星（１） (biglobe.ne.jp) And various... 丸に離れ二つ星 - 検索 画像 (bing.com)

Yes, I enjoyed all the links, thank you. On the original tsuba above, posted by Dale, there is a 'zakuro' pomegranate bottom left. I was wondering why?

But what is the link with Tawara Tōta, or mukadé centipede, or Lotus Sutra, and that pomegranate?

If those kanji are correct, and I am not 100% sure, then the reading is most commonly either Yoshikiyo or Yusei. There was a famous Edo-Meiji period scholar for example, named 横山由清 Yokoyama Yoshikiyo, 1826-1879.