svarsh Posted April 3, 2018 Report Posted April 3, 2018 It's a round tsuba of iron, pretty thin (2.5 mm at seppa-dai) and of kinda European cup-shape. Initially I thought that the marks are just a result of fighting, but now I see some sort of kanji in the marks. They may be upside down on my photos... What do you think? What's the inscription, school, age? Best regards, Sergei Quote
Higo-san Posted April 3, 2018 Report Posted April 3, 2018 Dear Sergei, I believe that these could also be bonji characters. Anyway, this is definitely not a signature as these letters seem to have been added a long time after the piece was made. Regarding age: I would say no earlier than mid-Edo period. Best, Chris Quote
svarsh Posted April 5, 2018 Author Report Posted April 5, 2018 Yes, wangata (concave) tsuba, thank you, Jean! It's a Chinese influence, not European as people say. Anyway, what's the inscription. One character was deciphered as MUNE/SŌ (宗) which means by itself "principle". But what is the other one? Quote
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