Info-dump needed on tiger tsuba

[Tiaan Burger]

 

I downloaded this photo of a tsuba about two years ago and incorporated the tiger design in a knife I am working on. ( https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/+Tia ... 601?sort=1 )

Unfortunately I can't find any information on it, and made the embarrassing mistake of not making any notes when I downloaded the image.

 

Any information about this tsuba, its maker, school and period will be welcome.

 

Thanks

 

Tiaan

[Ludolf Richter]

Hi!I have a pic in my database,also with a tiger.There is not much to be found about Mototaka of the Taizan-Family from Mito/Hitachi,not even a date,but I guess it's 19th Century.Ludolf

[Toryu2020]

Most likely a Daisho piece - the other tsuba depicting the tiger cub

Tiger moms as we all know being extremely fierce. You might look at Ford Hallams pages for info on the theme and I think he produced one or two passable items in this vein...

-t

[Pete Klein]

Tetsugendo.com

November 7, 2012

 

https://www.facebook.com/13996642614788 ... =1&theater

 

The tsuba picture was taken from the Tetsugendo Facebook page referred to above. Mike would have more information at http://www.tetsugendo.com

[Brian]

Pete-san,

You have an encyclopedic memory

 

Brian

[Pete Klein]

LOL -- funny how that works, eh?

[Markus]

Its not Mototaka but Motozane (元孚) (H 06004.0) alias Genpu.

He succeeded as 2nd gen. Oyama (mostly read as Taizan), was

born in 1741, and died in 1830. His go which also appears on

the tsuba was Sekijoken (赤城軒). Pretty famous and prolifiic man.

[Tiaan Burger]

Gentlemen, I thank you all!

I did a Google search for "Taizan Motozane" and now have a lot of reading and looking at pictures ahead of me.

 

 

Tiaan