Fell in love but where could "she" be??

[CurtisR]

Good Afternoon all ~

I found this photo on a website, but no other info. could be found of it. I have yet to decipher the mei yet, but I'll guess mid to late Edo period?

 

If anyone knows where I might find more info. on this tsuba, or who it belongs to now I would really appreciate it. I'd like to see if it's for sale, etc. . And if no one knows, at least it's an interesting piece :D .

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Curtis R.

[Stephen]

its a he and the mei would be upside down if the nakago ana was rightside up....hint

[Antti]

(Edit: I had not seen a signed tachi tsuba before, so my mistake. Deleted the photo to avoid confusion.)

[Alan Morton]

Ooowh oowh, get your wallet out Curtis,

maybe a Tachi tsuba?

 

Alan.

[sanjuro]

What's all this wrong way round business? Havent you people heard of a tachi? Tachi tsuba are displayed and worn and signed this way. The ha quadrant of the tsuba points downward in this instance and is quite legitimate.

[mywei]

mei says naochika

[k morita]

Great tsuba!!!

 

This is the link.

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/15678/lot/253/

[CurtisR]

Thank you to Keith and Matt! O.k., so I wasn't seeing things off-kilter! I thought perhaps Tachi but then the apparent age (or lack of it) made me think Edo period, although they still wore Tachi then.

 

I knew that if it was gendai, it was really good work in detail and overall theme, as well as the metals it's composed of. Now all I have to do it 1) find it and 2) buy it with $$ I don't have lol.

I'm glad that you enjoyed it Morita-san and thanks for finding it for me...

 

I will now go to a corner and lament not having $15k to buy it . Ah well, at least I was correct in the age estimate!

 

Curtis

[sanjuro]

LOL.....If it makes you feel any better, for $15k you could probably buy a fairly decent fully mounted Edo tachi. This tsuba is either very special and very expensive, or its not such a big deal and overpriced. :D