Bernard Posted November 5, 2013 Report Posted November 5, 2013 Hello everybody, This is my second post today. Thank you for the warm welcome I already received. As I mentioned it, I am a novice in Japanese art. I think that this tsuba is from the Soten school. Do you agree ? Anyone able to decipher the inscription (mei ?) on it ? Strange that it is not engraved... http://imageshack.us/a/img716/711/5dyw.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img89/6685/b2bu.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img17/3511/ylwt.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img405/3038/guju.jpg Regards. Bernard D 1 Quote
ROKUJURO Posted November 5, 2013 Report Posted November 5, 2013 Salut Bernard! Your TSUBA doesn't look like a 'standard' SOTEN, but much better, to my eyes at least. If it is an iron TSUBA, it seems to be very well cut. I cannot help with the signature; the first KANJI might be CHIKA, the third could be a KAO. The gold inlay for the MEI is not that uncommon. Quote
docliss Posted November 5, 2013 Report Posted November 5, 2013 Bernard, the mei on your tsuba reads CHIKAMOTO and kao, and is by an artist listed in Haynes’ Index as Inazu Chikamoto (H 00265.0). He is described as ‘often [doing] Chinese style, sansui, landscapes in very high relief with inlay’, and his kao is illustrated. Working in Edo ca 1800, he is not related to the Sōten group of artists. John L. 1 Quote
Bernard Posted November 5, 2013 Author Report Posted November 5, 2013 Hello, Jean and John. You were very informative Thank you very much ! Bernard D Quote
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