Help needed identifying TSUBA

[Tanasie]

I would like any information you can give me on my tsuba, I have owned it 20 years or so, it is 3 in. X 2 5/8 in. and heavy, the metal in the hitsu-ana appears to be gold.

Thanks, in advance.

[Brian]

Just a friendly reminder to please sign all posts with a name and initial

 

Thanks,

Brian

[Tanasie]

...will do.

[Rich T]

supply a better image of the mei please Rex, it is too hard to read. Also a larger image of the tsuba would be useful, and both sides for us to enjoy.

 

Cheers

 

Richard

[Nobody]

The mei seems to be Onoda Sanenori (小野田實法) or Onoda Sanehiro (小野田實洪).

However, I am unsure about the pronounciation of the last two kanji in either case.

[Tanasie]

Thanks, for the info, any knowledge of what era it can be dated to or anything else you can tell me about the tsuba ?

[Tanasie]

supply a better image of the mei please Rex, it is too hard to read. Also a larger image of the tsuba would be useful, and both sides for us to enjoy.

 

Cheers

 

Richard

 

Richard..

Can you read the mei and tell me what 'type' of tsuba this falls in and what era does it date to ?

[Rich T]

I think the tsuba has similarities to Choshû and other similar groups thought the hitsu ana are different to Choshû generally. I am still studying it, I wonder what others think ?.

 

Koichi san, Could it not read Konoda Hironori

小野田寛法

 

??.

 

Cheers

 

Rich

[Nobody]

Koichi san, Could it not read Konoda Hironori

小野田寛法

 

??.

Hi Rich,

I am sure that the 4th kanji is 實. That is an old style of 実 (sane, jitsu, and so on).

[Pete Klein]

Haynes 02082.0, pg. 440:

Onoda Jitsuko, Satsuma Province, died ca. 1800, related to Jitsuei H 02078 and Jitsushun H 02090. Made both tsuba and F.K.

Wakayama III pg. 320 LL

[Rich T]

good catch Pete and a nice clue in your reply Koichi.

 

Rich

[Pete Klein]

Actually I had already found it prior to Koichi's post but thanks anyway. I used the multirad kanji search engine to sort out the different kanji from the lower radical variables. From there it was Haynes to the rescue. Once you know the first kanji variations it's a lot easier.

[Tanasie]

Haynes 02082.0, pg. 440:

Onoda Jitsuko, Satsuma Province, died ca. 1800, related to Jitsuei H 02078 and Jitsushun H 02090. Made both tsuba and F.K.

Wakayama III pg. 320 LL

 

Thanks to all who helped me with my Tsuba, I guess the old saying still rings true "knowledge is useless if you can't share it".