Tadaiye tsuba

[pcfarrar]

I just picked up this wakizashi tsuba signed Tadaiye with a date on one side but no year. Anyone have any information on Tadaiye and when he worked?

 

Thanks,

 

Peter

 

 

 

[Nobody]

Hi,

 

The mei does not look Tadaiye but Tadatsugu (忠次) to me.

[pcfarrar]

Thanks again Moriyama san. Any idea why they wouldn't put a year and just give a month/day?

 

Thanks,

 

Peter

[Rich T]

Hi Peter, here is what I have on your tsuba (well my take on what it is). There are about 1 dozen Tadatsugu's in Haynes.

 

TADATSUGU H 09190.0

F: Umetada

W: Kyoto

D Ca: 1675 - 1725

 

These artists made iron plate tsuba with small negative sukashi, mostly floral, or family mon designs. There are several variations in the style of signature that indicate more than one generation of the name. There is a rare example signed Yamashiro Kuni no Ju Tadatsugu but mostly they are signed with a two kanji signature only. These artists do not seem to be related to the Shoami Tadatsugu.

 

There looks t be some marks on the left side of the nakago ana ? I am not sure why a year would be left off unless one could pin point it to a specific artist. I wonder if it had a partner (Dai) and the year was on that ?, I have seen that once before in a daisho.

 

Cheers

 

Rich