Ko Akasaka Oder Ko Shoami Tsuba

[Higo-san]

Dear fellow board members,

 

I would like to part with one of my favorite tsuba. I have shown this piece to quite a few people and almost everyone told me that this tsuba could very well be an early Akasaka tsuba; it definetly shows some of the features: layers at the rim and in the sukashi, the form of the rim and the tekkotsu indicate towards Akasaka. Nevertheless, it could also be a Ko-Shoami piece since I cannot see the violette luster on this piece which is typical for many Akasaka pieces. If the next owner descides to ask a NBTHK shinsa for their opinion, I would be happy to hear the result.

 

I have never seen this design before on a tsuba - but it looks to be some kind of water flower or a wisteria bending under the waves of a stream. This could either be a very beautiful interpretation of the famous musashino design or some kind of metaphor relating to bending without breaking - an enthralling taste IMHO.

 

It has a fanatstic iron, nice yakite, tekkotsu and tsuchimei.

 

The diameter is 7.6 x 7.5 x 0.65 cm.

 

Let's talk about the price... I would like to have USD 1,100.00 for this tsuba but I am open to reasonable offers. Of course, I will accept EUR when sold within the EU.

 

PayPal is accepted and worldwide shipping included.

 

Best,

 

Chris

[Higo-san]

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