Kodai

[Kurikata]

Hi every tosugu experts.

 

Kodai refers generally to higo school, Kodai Higo meaning late edo generation tsubako. I do not see this terminology for other schools (Kodai Akasaka, Kodai Umetada, Kodai Choshu, etc...) Is there any reason ?

 

Thank you

 

Bruno

 

 

[suketaka]

Hello Bruno,

 

have a Tsuba - NBTHK Hozon to Kodai Umetada.

 

In my opinion all late works can be called Kodai...

[JohnTo]

Just happen to have been reading Harry Watson's translation of Nihon To Koza yesterday. Vol VI, p173 has a chapter on Kodai Kaneie with a couple of pics of tsuba on p 177 of Kodai (later or last generation) of Kanei, so I guess its just a general term.

 

Regards, John

[Pete Klein]

後代 = Kodai - progeny, later generations. 

From Hozon origami:

 

Mumei Kodai Higo

 

Mumei Kodai Yagyu

 

You will also run across this denoting era time:

 

Mumie Owari (Edo Shoki)

 

Shoki = early times, Chuki = middle times, Goki = later times.  ('Go = Ko' pronounciation). 

(I unfortunately do not have pictures for 'chuki' or 'goki').

[MauroP]

I've checked my records of NBTHK papered tsuba finding:

no. 1 kōdai Mino

no. 1 kōdai Umetada

no. 1 kōdai Yasuchika

no. 2 kōdai Hōan

no. 4 kōdai Yagyū

no. 5 kōdai Jingo

no. 6 kōdai Akasaka

no. 18 kōdai Higo.

So it's probably true that shinsa panel deserve a kōdai specification more frequently to Higo pieces, but surely not exclusively.

[Kurikata]

Thank you all of you for your very interesting information. Once again NMB brings precious details to me...