Help with Tsuba Geijutsu-Ko

[Curran]

Reading "Tsuba An Aesthetic Study" (Torigoye and Haynes)

I came across the poor photocopy of the Aoi Tachi tsuba image attached.

 

Does anyone have a copy of Tsuba Geijutsu-Ko and can post a better image of it?

It appears incredibly similar to one I purchased from Japan a while back. I'd like to see how similar.

[christianmalterre]

mine guess is you do refer to an Tsuba in irogane?

right or wrong?

Christian

[Curran]

Christian:

 

Gomen... Wrong.

Isn't irogane, though some might mistake it for such alloys.

 

Anyone have a picture from the original book?

[Marius]

No but look at page 8 of this document. Quite surprising to find such tsuba on Emishi-to.

 

http://www.nihontomessageboard.com/arti ... hu-den.pdf

[Curran]

Eagle eyes. I wouldn't have spotted that if you had not pointed it out.

 

Still, trying to see if the one in Tsuba Geijutsu-Ko is the same or similar.

What I can see of the wave forms matches up nicely. Love to see another in the same style.

[Pete Klein]

An early Birthday gift for you:

 

 

This is from the Japanese language first edition of Tsuba Kanshoki and I believe it is the same tsuba.

 

PS: The English translation is by John Yumoto with annotation by Robert Haynes. This copy once belonged to Ruth Schneidman, who passed away in the 1980's and was a student of Torigoye san/sensei and close friend to Robert Haynes, the volume being one of the prides of my library.

[Curran]

Pete!

 

Perfect. Highly sure the one you posted and Torigoye-san's are the same.

This may be highly debated, but I believe the pictured one had a fukurin originally.

 

Thank you for sharing this from Ruth's Tsuba Kanshoki.

[Pete Klein]

The strikes to the left of the nakago ana are similar, if not identical ergo, the same tsuba.

 

BTW -- HBD!!! LOL!!! Enjoy the Haut Brion -- you lucky Henry, you!

 

(paraphrase from 'The Bishop's Wife', 1947)

[Curran]

I will. I certainly will.

[Jean]

HBD Curran and many more to come :D

[John A Stuart]

Yes, have a good one!! John

[Soshin]

Hi Curran,

 

Here is a photo from page 34 of Tsuba Geijutsu-Ko. I own both books. The quality of the original reproduction (likely a charcoal rubbing) in the book isn't very good hence the even poorer reproduction in Tsuba An Aesthetic Study. I hope you find this helpful.