latest tsuba.. extra pics,

[peter]

Hello all

I hope to get some information on my latest purchase.

Many thanks.

Peter

 

on closer inspection there seems to have been tiny chisel marks under the 'gold' wash that was applied to the tsuba on both sides,

Peter

[peter]

few more pics, maybe clearer, any ideas on theme, school, age?

thank you,

Peter

[Soshin]

Hi Peter M.,

 

To me it looks like a late Edo Period or early Meiji Period Shoami tsuba. Sorry can't be more specific with this type of work. This is my opinion based upon my experience. I hope you find the information helpful.

 

 

 

Yours truly,

David Stiles

[Marius]

"Retrofitted" Akasaka, with gold inlay done by a clumsy shop apprentice with the aim of making the tsuba attractive to gaijin "tourists"?

 

Do I see senkotsu in the rim?

[Gunome]

Hi mariuszk

Do I see senkotsu in the rim?

 

I just see iron on this tsuba.

[Marius]

Sebastien, you are probably right. No senkotsu, then. But the iron looks decent, while the zogan is very very bad and to ad insult to injury, it intrudes on the seppa-dai.

[peter]

Hi all. Not so good then :-) it does feel fresh but i didn't pay much so nothing lost. At least i could put a decent tsuba in the box it came with.

Peter

[Marius]

Peter,

 

the tsuba seems decent and it looks like an Akasaka piece. I was asking about senkotsu, because I thought I see it in your tsuba an it is one of the kantei points for Akasaka (not that I am an expert when it comes to this school).

 

You have lost nothing indeed. The tsuba is defaced, and if what I think (a Meiji modification) is true, it is an interesting artefact.

[peter]

Thank you all Gents for your responses I'm learning every day with your help,

Peter

[ROKUJURO]

...... Not so good then :-) it does feel fresh but i didn't pay much so nothing lost.......

It is difficult to tell from pictures but doesn't it look as if the KINZOGAN had been applied later to an old TSUBA? The steel and it's patina do not seem very young. Perhaps it is worth a closer examination before you use the box for another TSUBA......

[Soshin]

Hi Everyone,

 

I don't see any Akasaka school characteristics except maybe shape in this tsuba including the iron of the rim. Ignoring all the later poorly added gold wash to the tsuba the I have seen similar designs in some other ji-sukashi Edo Period Shoami tsuba. It might be wise to remove the gold wash and have a tsuba with a some what decent openwork design tsuba.

 

 

 

Yours truly,

David Stiles

[peter]

Thank you for the added opinions i will try to get closer images later now I've worked out how to do it with my digi camera. Any parts in particular i should post?

Peter

[peter]

I have added a few more close up pics to determine material or any other information that can be offered,

many thanks to all,

Peter

[Sage]

The chisel grooves you referred to are the means by which the gold is fixed on the plate. The soft gold, in wire or cut sheet form, is carefully worked into the toothed surface of the harder base metal. The process is referred to as nunome zogan.

 

This isn't a well executed example but it does serve to illustrate the process to a degree.