Daisho Kinai

[Fuuten]

Hi everyone, in advance, thank you for reading!

 

I'm in the final stages of completing a daisho koshirae. In which there were antique f/k, menuki and tsuba. And generally i just lurked from a far on the nihonto section (because I'm far from knowledgeable, and even further from being so on togusu), but I've noticed that there are a really different group of experts on this forum. So with that idea, i figured i might get some opinions on the tsuba i picked.

 

Information i received;

 

"Mei (signature): Echizen Jyuu Kinai saku

Kinai School: http://www.users.on.net/~coxm/?page=TsubaIII

 

Dai (large):

Length : 7.52 cm x 7.23 cm

Thickness of rim : 0.55 cm

Sho (small):

Length :7.14cm x 6.99 cm

Thickness of rim : 0.52 cm

Jidai(era) : Early Edo period

Shiitake is engraved in kebori (brush like texture) manner."

 

Personally i really like the design. I was hoping to find togusu with a natural theme.

 

I'm not very apt when it comes to reading signatures, but it seems the signatures don't match perfectly. Any thoughts on this or perhaps Kinai school tsuba in general? From what i read the masters of the school signed "Echizen Jyuu/Yu Kinai saku" but again i'm nothing but a beginner. Thanks again for reading.

 

Best regards,

[jlawson]

Interesting tsuba of kinai. The mei were likely not cut by the same hand and are later generation. Kinai tsuba vary in quality and most people only see the lower quality i.e. mass produced tsuba that there are so many of. There are fantastic examples of carving from kinai and are held in high regards in Japan when you see the very fine work.