Information help please

[jamesicus]

The following items were diss-assembled as a set from a damaged Edo period Wakizashi. I wonder if they might have originally been selected as an ensemble and if so what the relationship and significance of the individual pieces were.

 

Tsuba: depictions of weeping Wisteria

 

 

Fuchi/Kashira: depictions of shi-shi lion dogs

 

 

Menuki: depictions of Daikon radishes

 

 

I would like to learn as much as possible about these items such as the approximate period of manufacture, where they were made, the school(s) the craftsmen who made them belonged to .......... and so on. Pointers to references I should refer too will be much appreciated as will any and all comments.

 

James

[jamesicus]

* Bump *

 

These belong to a koshirae I bought from Andrew Mancabelli a few years ago. It was complete with saya and tsunagi. The only detraction was that the ito was deteriorated and partially unraveled. That was fine by me for I was really interested in the tosogu and I intended to have the tsuka refurbished and re-wrapped eventually any way (of course I have never got round to doing that). So I removed the deteriorated ito in order to display the tosogu:

 

 

I am not an expert on tosugo by any means - especially tsuba. I really would appreciate any information or comments relating to this tsuba. I have fond memories (now unfortunately much dimmed) of the beautiful displays of purple Wisteria flowers at the foot of Mt. Fuji in the summertime.

 

James