Okada Masatoyo

[Surfson]

Just finished on ebay.  Looks good to me.  Okada Masatoyo I believe.  Misspelled in the title.

[Surfson]

Examples in museums at the U. Mich, The Met and the Rijksmuseum

 

[Bugyotsuji]

Some images of Miho no Matsubara and Mt Fuji, three nice ukiyo-e among them.

 

http://mohsho.image.coocan.jp/mihomatsubara2.html

[Surfson]

Fuji San is so regal!  I have enjoyed staying in Hakone, where one can enjoy the water and the benign and comforting presence of the mountain.  

[Fuuten]

Examples in museums at the U. Mich, The Met and the Rijksmuseum

The one with the butterflies is really nice. Thanks for sharing those images!

[Surfson]

Axel, that one is in the Met, but you might be able to visit the other if you are near Amsterdam!

[Fuuten]

Well seeing this one, I might reconsider.

 

The last few days I think nearly all museums, nearly every institution with a public profile in the Netherlands have been buckling to the pressure from groups tearing down statues.

 

rant...

 

Not to turn this in a political reply but I have no idea what the hell is happening here nowadays seems i lost touch with reality?    

[Bazza]

Oh, its happening here too in Australia.  Cogent articles in newpapers by some reporters on the lunacy of it all, with which I am in hearty agreement.

 

BaZZa.

[Yasaka Azuma]

There is Okada in Choshu who shares the same design. 

I couldn't tell if this was from Bushu until I looked at the MET &  U-M Museum collection.

 

Yas

 

桜花文図鐔　銘　長州萩住政富作 choshu-hagi-jyu-masatomi-saku

http://blog.goo.ne.jp/tsuba_001/c/3705ca04ebe5e5b0ee21a03a053fc48a/31

[Surfson]

I wonder if the two are related by craft Yas?  The Masa and the Toyo kanji are different, as is the style of carving the mei.  However, the influence of Choshu/Bushi is very strong in both.  

[Surfson]

The one that I bought on ebay that started this thread doesn't state the province, but it is clearly the same as the Bushu man, and I found an example in the kinko meikan as well.  I am posting here a photo of the listing on page 414. 

[Yasaka Azuma]

Mr. Robert

Of course, I do not deny that it is Bushu. 

"There are also examples in which Choshu Tsuba maker was made in Edo, or conversely, by the Ito school in Nagato," the link says.

Until you uploaded the image from the cyclopedia, I thought it would be an interesting research source.

 

Yas

[Surfson]

Well, it is still interesting to me Yas.  I quite like this work, and the work of the Ito, Choshu, Bushu schools.  I need to learn more about where they worked as well as how they are related.  Did one of the schools branch from the other?  By the way, it appears that your identifier logo is upside down!  Cheers, Bob

[Surfson]

Yas, I just found a catalog from the field museum that said that most of the Okada family worked in Choshu, but Masatoyo trained in Edo working with the Ito master Masatsune, explaining the overlap.  

[Yasaka Azuma]

Both Bushu and Choshu needed cash income to buy weapons. Production of Tuba is one of the means. 

The technical exchange between the two countries, which will later compete in the civil war, is interesting.

 

Those who are interested in Japanese Sword Fittings will come to know Chinese culture.

"Fu dao la" that is upside down is a lucky mark that has been around in China for a long time.

 

 

regards Yas