Mei confirmation and research

[kissakai]

Hi

I bought this from Ed Marshall and was very pleased with the tsuba.

If there are any adverse comments it will not reflect on Ed (already known as a sincere dealer) as it will not reduce my liking for this tsuba

 

Ed gave me his thoughts but specified they were only his views and only shinza would resolve these findings.

With the wealth of knowledge on the NBM I am hoping to take the research a little farther

 

Iron mokume tsuba

Goshu ju Masayuki

Date: 1800

School: Suishinshi Masahide

I surmised it was possibly from this school.

There was a student of Masahide, Masayuki who made both swords and tsuba.

However, I could not prove to myself that this was indeed the maker as not much info is available.

Ed Marshall

 

 

I have done some of my own checks with the following results

I agree with Goshu ju Masa *****

I can not convince myself of the kanji for yuki

Size 79 x 69 x 5mm

 

Looking at Robinsons ‘The Arts of the Japanese Sword’ I found the following:

Kawabe Suishinshi Masahide (d. 1825) had a student Hosokawa Masayuki but the second kanji (179) is nothing like the second kanji used on this tsuba

Masahide did work in the Goshu area so there is some correlation there

The Suishinsai/Kawabe school is dated 1780 – 1860

 

Can anyone help to further this research?

 

 

 

 

Slightly enhanced to show the kanji better

 

 

 

With thanks

Grev UK

[Thierry BERNARD]

kofu ju masayuki 江府住正之

[John A Stuart]

Terminal smith of the Kanda lineage. Worked also in Edo and in Mito style. John

[kissakai]

Thierry and John

Thanks for your help

 

Can I assume that (江) Go and Ko are the same kanji, such as Goshi nage and Koshi nage which are both hip techniques?

I used the same kanji from the Hihonto Kanji pages which gave me Goshu but this kanji 府 (fu) is not the same as the one on the tsuba (shu) so I am confused.

 

I’ve looked on the internet as I only have a couple of basic swordsmiths books for the Kanda lineage but without success.

Can you tell me any more? I’ve think this tsuba is around 1800.

I have ordered Hawley’s book but won’t received it until next week

 

 

Grev UK

[Nobody]

In this case, 江府 usually reads Efu, which means Edo (江戸).

[Thierry BERNARD]

... but this kanji 府 (fu) is not the same as the one on the tsuba (shu) so I am confused.

 

are you sure ?? :D :D

 

thank you nobody san for this precision!

[Thierry BERNARD]

not sure if it's this one!