Opinions on Tsuba

[Ronin 47]

Hi, I was wondering if I could get the opinion of the bored as to what school this Tsuba might belong to? Thanks in advance for any and all comments.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Austin Ross

[christianmalterre]

Austin,

 

i think it´s not that far away from this latter Edo piece(around 1800 +-20years)

(see attachment)

This very Tsuba is titulated Shoami workmanship.(well?)

Christian

[Ronin 47]

Well, the I meant to say the bored on the board.Dyslexia aside, what do you guys think about the nanako? It gave me the impression that the piece might have some age to it.

 

Austin

[Pete Klein]

Austin -- is this soft metal or iron? It appears to have a fukurin and it's difficult to see the metal composition.

[Ronin 47]

Hey Pete--it is iron, and as far as I can tell all one piece.

 

Austin

[Mantis dude]

Hi all,

 

Can't sleep and actually caught up with posts close enough to actual posting times. While I really don't know, seeing the punch marks sort of reminds me of some sukashi tsuba that were talked about a while ago although they look to be done a bit sloppier? Seeing the posted shoami piece, it may be possible that it was done by a country smith that copied the original design. Purely a guess on my part and certainly one that would be hard if not impossible to prove but just reminds me of the conversation I had on different tsuba. Best.

[John A Stuart]

A classic design of heaven surrounding the earth. Inlay is quite nice. I wonder at the nanako patterns one sees sometimes that are nicely in line, at others overlapping and sometimes not following the pattern so well. Gives a texture without being a static pattern. Intentional? Maybe in cases it wasn't important that it must be. John