DanielM

Many many thanks Okan, for sharing with us this marvelous tanto and congratulation for these excellent photos. We see very clearly this splendid konuka hada and the ko nie of the Hamon....;a real treasure that combine beauty and efficiency.... I wish you many hours of contemplation...

Thank you MauroP for this excellent suggestion...i will inquire about this book

Dear Mauro Piantanida, Again, many thanks for your help, would it be possible to give me tehe references of the book from which you obtained the Yasuchika Mei? Thanks in advance Daniel

Marvellous, many thanks MauroP for this confirmation and these superb references You are great all the best Daniel

Dear Steve and UWE, many thanks for this translation...Soshu script is not easy...i have also asked AI (chat gpt and gemini) one answer Munemasa and the other MitsuShaku....i think the second and third kanji is most probably Chika Saku....as far as the first one is concerned....Yasu seems a good guess....let us see if we receive other answers again many thanks for your help Daniel

Hello everybody, Could i have some help to translate this signature, it is on a kozuka decorated in katakiribori Many many thanks in advance i wish you a good week

Thank you Ray for sharing this tsuba I realy like these Sansui tsuba. i can spend a lot of time admiring these "paysages"

Thank you very much Moriyama San have a good week end all the best Daniel

Could you help me identifying this Sansui tsuba and its signature Many thanks in advance

Many thanks Peter, effectively it is like Haru Toshi...un unknown smith....thanks for the help best regards Daniel

I need help to translate this signature i suppose it is a shinshinto kaji but nothing else many many thanks in advance

Many many thanks for your help Piers D San this is fantastic May I wish you all the best Daniel

Hello Members, Could anybody help me to read the signature on this back plate of this mae kanagu it represent Fujin the god of the wind...brother of Raijin the god of thunder There are 2 kanji and the Kao of the artist It will be of a great help and i thank you very much in advance Daniel

Many thanks SteveM I did not know that school all the best DM

Hello dear member, I réal hope that one of you will be able to translate this Mei....i can only read the first kanji on the left. TERU....the rest is ???? Many many thanks for your time DM

Now we know that Nara school used sometimes a gold panel for the Mei...we also know that some Nara tsuba were made with old iron back plate ..showing "iron bone" in the rim...(as in this exemple)...we were misled to the Tanaka by the Kuchi beni often associated with Tanaka But we have have never think that some nara were made with Kuchi beni...as in the exemple joined...it is made by Nara Toshiharu...it is a copy from Tanaka Toryusai Thus possibly the Tsuba we were questionned about...is from the Nara school..... May i hope that some Nara specialist will comment this possibility? Thanks in advance

Hello membres can you help me reading correctly this Mei....many many thanks in advance ichi ryu sha? sei ryu sha ? Shi ryu sha ? or????

Hello Stephen, many thanks for your comments. I was not aware that some Nara tsuba had mei in gold panel...interesting. I also discovered that the otsuki school had the same practice...i also recognise that the plate background of this tsuba is not in the style of the tanaka...and the sekigane are very badly done...so it remains a mystery.. thanks for your help

Thank you Dale and Grev for your comments.....so we have one for the tanaka school with arguments...(the rim, the sekigane, the gold cartouche...ands i will add the negative sukashi (drumstick) that we find sometimes in this school (see the photo )....and one against without comments at this moment...so please Grev could you give us your comments By the way have you any idea when the practice to sign in a gold cartouche appeared ? i would guess late 19th?? Thanks to you both one for with arguments and one against without comments..

Hello Members, I would like to identify the school of this tsuba It has a sligtly rised border, the plate seems well hammered In takazogan we have « Raijin » the god of thunder juggling with his drumsticks. (in sukashi) A signature in a gold cartouche Ichi ryu sha ? i have no reference of this artisan The big sekigane make me think of the tanaka school?? but these are not carefully done? Any comment is welcome, thanks in advance

Dear Moriyama San and Franco D Many many thanks for your help...it is great...i am very happy i wish you all the best

Hello Jack, Many thanks for your translation. Have you any idea of the prononciation of these kanji? If any member has a similar kozuka in iron it would be interesting to compare...this is not a unique piece ...but it is interesting...you realize that the 3 human faces have each less than 2 millimeters and we see the eyes nose hear...in copper or silver....realy impressive. I réal would like to see others kozuka of that type Thanks in advance

Dear members I have the feeling that iron kozuka are much less in number than soft metal Kozuka ...i would like to know if some schools specialised in iron kozuka ? and i join you a photo of one in my collection ... i think It has a Soten perfume but i have never seen a Soten kozuka? if anybody could translate the signature i would be very thankfull Many thanks in advance for your comments?

Hello Geraint, Very Interesting your proposal .this allowed me to find something similar in Boston museum....many thanks Geraint...happy New Year

Hello members Could anyone help to identify the story of this chinese person with a horse? Some very knowledgeable members have already identify the signature, Sekijoken Togu - at the age of 81 (Motozane nyudo go) Many thanks in advance and all best wishes for 2025