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Curran

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  1. Hi Jimi-san, Do you have a specific question? The tsuba is very Nishigaki in style, but very thin and possibly abused. The added gold feels late and clumsy.
  2. Price Cut to $375 -Akasaka or Owari tsuba $425 + shipping- I've been busy at the Aquarium and not had time to time to list on the various Facebook venues. I figured I would give NMB one last chance before off to the "hordes". Given the multiple meanings behind the design, I felt this one was a bit more special for an martial artist here that might grok them.
  3. One bump, before it goes over to the Facebook hoards.
  4. You've done a good job helping YSAKE so far. The pics of the papers helped much. I was hoping it would be from the Osafune Bizen line (康光), where I have many of the books. The other form of 'Yasu' mostly rules that out, so now it is a process of elimination of the remaining suspects. The uncharacteristically wide legs of 'Mitsu' should help narrow down this particular John Hancock-like signature.
  5. dude.... shut up and appreciate a late Christmas or early St. Patrick's Day I use two of those books on a regular basis, and the third one is worth worth at least $35-50 USD.
  6. Akasaka or Owari tsuba $425 + shipping This is a very famous Akasaka design, though supposedly of Owari origin. Published in many many books, and it is very rare to find an example for sale. My opinion: the geometry on this one is more Owari than Akasaka. It is thick and the sukashi is more Owari drop edged. I believe this to be a kodai example, and I am pricing it as such. Not a $4250 shodai ko-Akasaka, but fairly $425 as a kodai-Akasaka or kodai Owari. The patina is a flat brown and a bit thin in 2 spots. See pics. I think it would be a great one for mounting. Size: 79.5mm x 79mm x 5.8mm thick. Please ask all questions. PM me if interested. I will leave it up here for 24 hours before letting the Facebook groups have a grab at it. Curran
  7. Dragon by Edvard Munch Ichiryu Tomotoshi.
  8. Saw one that might be useful for a project. PM sent.
  9. It seems someone has been posting masterpiece level work while I was off winter hiking in the mountains. Thank you for sharing this J. The first time I saw one of these Risendo School Crows under the Moon was shortly after 9/11 in Sotheby's. It was a spark of beauty that rekindled the spirit after the horror of sight, sound, and smells we had just been through.
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    Unsolved puzzle

    ? was that listed 8 years ago? This one more recently: https://ginzaseikodo.../fittings/yagyufune/ And are we discussing again whether or not the Ono tsuba makers also made Yagyu tsuba? Yes, they do have a lot of similarities, but I don't feel they are the same.
  11. Found one dealer, but he has been Out of Stock for years. http://www16.plala.o...abakokuwabuti-e.html I remember that one of the box makers permanently closed down during the Pandemic. He/she/they couldn't have been the only makers.
  12. As of several years ago, this site had them: https://www.namikawa....com/product-list/20 Old thread from several years ago:
  13. Peter- thank you, but not the shitty ones. There is a sea of those. I'm asking about the old-school better made boxes, as pictured. I thought they were still available.
  14. Please see attached picture of the "DELUXE" variety, as they were once described when they were for sale. Does anyone still sell these much better mulberry edged boxes? If so, I would greatly appreciate a link. I cannot seem to find them for sale anymore. All the ones one Ebay and elsewhere seem to be the junky $10-$20 variety.
  15. Okay, I had some good luck today. Karma forward price cut: $399 for tsuba and box (or $360 for just the tsuba)
  16. Kinko Nishigaki (Higo) tsuba $450 +shipping from USA c. Mid Edo 68 x 67.4 x 3.2mm (4.3 at mimi) Asymetric kozuka and kogai ana, stone surface texturing, very nice deep patina. This might be a nice one for a Higo koshirae remount. ~The tsuba comes with a higher grade raised dias box that displays it better. If someone doesn't want the box, I will gladly keep it. PM me with questions. This one is a nice yet understated one, more about the texture and patina.
  17. And ON HOLD via Facebook about 15 minutes after I posted it.
  18. Kyo Sukashi tsuba : Willow Tree $950 + shipping from USA c.1650-1725 78.3 x 77.0 x 5.6 (5.1 mimi) Very fine condition. Custom Fitted box. See Sasano Gold book for similar Kyo sukashi #28 and Nishigaki #208 examples. ---------------------------------------------------------- I was very, very, very fortunate to buy a Jinbei Shimizu of Pine Tree design yesterday. Policy is 1 out for 1 in, and a Tree design for Tree design has logic to it. Thank you for your consideration.
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    Yagyu Tsuba

    The first one was mine long ago, before papered and sold it. I believe the second one belongs to a forum member, but I think he is busy & relatively off-line for the next few months.
  20. No, the acid etching is quite something else. Those are more muted, like this: https://www.choshuya.co.jp/senrigan/松樹騎馬菊水図鍔(鐔) 銘 法安/鍔/法安 [Ignore the price, as it several of us have spoken and think it is one of Choshuya's crazy overshoots. Sometimes Choshuya crazy undershoots too. Hence why I still follow them.]
  21. Yes. Likely a wedding chest. Lined with old korean silk, possibly repurposed from the sleeves of a woman's traditional wedding dress. Specifically: korean woman of the korean aristocractic (Yangban) class during the Joseon period.
  22. Korean chest. Nice. Please be sure to care for the wood. Is the lock original? Some people collect those the same way we collect tsuba. Nice tsuba too. I like the file lines across the manji. As to the bad press on this ancient symbol used both in Asia and by American Indians, yes the Nazi party "Culturally Appropriated" it. Take it up with the Nazis, be they Illinois Nazis or just oldschool European Facists.
  23. I just checked his website. It is now listed as sold. https://soryu.pl/col...h-nbthk-hozon-tosogu He may be a member here. I am not sure.
  24. Sex, Klo, Geld. (I didn't know Klo. Had to look that one up). Part of the reason why I got off my butt and listed a few things is because I bought a second Yagyu before Christmas. Nice folds in the mimi, eh?
  25. Hey! a real tsuba. Nice to see one. First pass at a read "Mori Kazuyoshi" or "Mori Kazutoshi"? Perhaps best to expand that signature and put it in the translation section for the fluent readers.
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