Bungo Posted November 27, 2007 Report Posted November 27, 2007 need feedback as to school.................. 0.4 x 7.7 x 7.8 thanks............. milt the flying ronin Quote
Rich T Posted November 27, 2007 Report Posted November 27, 2007 some form of Edo copy of an Owari. Rich Quote
Rich S Posted November 27, 2007 Report Posted November 27, 2007 Maybe Akasaka? The seppa dai is rather tapered and pointed; commonly a trait of Akasaka work. Rich S Quote
Bungo Posted November 28, 2007 Author Report Posted November 28, 2007 thanks dudes, iron is quite well forged, not cut from mass produced factory plate, the mimi is gently " curve " when view sideway................... quite a common design in a lot of schools but I like Dr. S's suggestion. milt the flying ronin Quote
John A Stuart Posted November 28, 2007 Report Posted November 28, 2007 Hi, I have one of similar theme but thought it was mass produced. It has the same sort of seppedai but has only slight tagane for fit, it might be just visible in the scans. The mimi shows tekkotsu. Copy in this case? or Akasaka as well? John Quote
Rich S Posted November 28, 2007 Report Posted November 28, 2007 John - I think that would fall into the Ko-Katchushi catagory. I have one nearly identical. See my "elegant iron tsuba page". http://www.geocities.com/alchemsyt/tsuba/tsubapic.htm Rich S Quote
Rich T Posted November 28, 2007 Report Posted November 28, 2007 Hi Rich, John et all. Maybe just Katchushi, and Edo period as opposed to Ko. It seems to be missing the hammered surface texture (tsuchime) of the older guards, i.e. the iron is pretty homogenous. Also, not that this is, but the Shoami group copied this style a lot but usually adding some form of gold on the mimi, in the style of arabesques or the likes. Just a few thoughts. the other Rich Quote
John A Stuart Posted November 28, 2007 Report Posted November 28, 2007 Jeepers Rich S., looks like they were made with cookie cutters. Ko-katchushi hadn't entered my mind at all, tosho at the outside. Interesting, thanks, John Rich T., No hammer marks you are quite right. Shows small bones though and at least may not be made from milled plate. Thanks, John Quote
Bungo Posted November 28, 2007 Author Report Posted November 28, 2007 I have at least three other tsuba with same design , smaller though. They all have " different " feel to the iron, one has many layers ( like my Ono tsuba ), while others looks Kanayama ( hopes spring eternal )............. I will post pics when I locate them among the boxes. milt the flying ronin Quote
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