Which Generation Akasaka?

[TheGermanBastard]

I would appreciate thoughts in which generation Akasaka this could likely be?

 

Thank you

[Michael 101]

Hi Luis,

 

To help get quality feedback its very important that you add dimensions in mm giving height, width and thickness at the seppa dai and also the mimi. You will also need to add pictures showing the front and reverse straight on as seppa dai shape is important and is not possible to judge from your good bat angled pictures.

 

Hints at being a goid tsuba BTW.

 

Kindest regards

Michael

[kissakai]

Hi Luis

I have an identical tsuba in my book page 93. Myochin C1800

I have another on page 11 with a similar carved mimi inner edge as Akasaka C1760

 

 

Grev

[Curran]

To help get quality feedback its very important that you add dimensions in mm giving height, width and thickness at the seppa dai and also the mimi. You will also need to add pictures showing the front and reverse straight on as seppa dai shape is important and is not possible to judge from your good bat angled pictures.

 

Hints at being a goid tsuba BTW.

 

I agree with all the above.

Probably a very nice tsuba, but will wait for more information.

[ROKUJURO]

An almost identical TSUBA was offered recently here on NMB by C0D /Manuel in sadly corroded condition.

[vajo]

After looking in some books i agree with Akasaka. Its a nice Tsuba Luis. Nihonto US shows a Akasaka from Tadatoki with a similar motif. Yours have 2 ken, and a nice formed rim.

Dimensions are 7,7 cm diameter?

 

Well done Luis 

[TheGermanBastard]

An almost identical TSUBA was offered recently here on NMB by C0D /Manuel in sadly corroded condition.

 

Yes, I was interested in it for the possible purpose of a Daisho set while the otehr one unfortunately had fire damage and this was basically worthless. A shame.

 

I will provide additional images soon.

 

Yes Christoph it is about 7.7 cm in diameter.

 

I am not knowledgeable on Tsuba but my impression was that this is an early generation Akasaka and a rather quality one. The tekkotsu in this tsuba looks very good in my oppinion.

 

Thank you for our thoughst and i hope that better images and measuremenst may shed more light into this Tsubas classification.

[Surfson]

It is very similar to this one on Grey's site.  Skip Holbrook labeled it Akasaka IV

http://www.japaneseswordbooksandtsuba.com/store/tsuba-%26-kodogu/h378-bold-iron-sukashi-tsuba-akasaka

[TheGermanBastard]

Hello Robert,

 

thank you. I had seen that, too. The tokkotsu on mine and on Grey's seem to be different. Otherwise a good match.

 

Here's a link to Andy's

 

http://nihonto.us/AKASAKA%20BIRDS%20EM.htm

 

I will try to catch up with better images and dimensions soon.

[TheGermanBastard]

Can this topic please be removed. Thank you

[Brian]

Nope.
Topics are not removed on request. Sold items are removed. The rest is all information for the benefit of the community.  There is educational value in these posts and I can see no reason to remove them.