Kurikata Posted October 30, 2020 Report Posted October 30, 2020 Hi, I don't know if this kozuka can be classified as Umetada or Kaga school. What are your views ? Quote
Geraint Posted October 30, 2020 Report Posted October 30, 2020 Dear Bruno. That looks like a nice koshirae. If it were mine I would be quite happy describing the kozuka as Kaga zogan rather than Umetada. A series of small insects on a shakudo or shibuichi ground is pretty typical of the work. Interested to see what others say. Any chance of some photographs of the rest of the koshirae? All the best. Quote
Kurikata Posted October 30, 2020 Author Report Posted October 30, 2020 Thank you Geraint. I would tend on Kaga too as the tsuba is Kaga school itself..... 5 Quote
Geraint Posted October 30, 2020 Report Posted October 30, 2020 Wow Bruno! That is gorgeous. Thank you for sharing the images. All the best. 1 Quote
Curran Posted October 30, 2020 Report Posted October 30, 2020 I suggest Kozenji as a likely alternative. It is a late Edo high grade kinko work from a small group in the Nagoya (Owari) area. -flowers, and complicated gold keyfret inlaid work executed on very good shakudo => Kozenji. Kozenji tsuba. (Owari kinko) - likely kozenji, though I wouldn't bet my life on it. Kozenji fuchi. (Owari kinko) - your fuchi is classic Kozenji design. The kozuka could be called Umetada or Kaga. Due to shape, I'd say Umetada- but that is just opinion. Nice cloissone kogai chopsticks. Attached, my Kozenji tsuba. Came out of a Phili area museum deacquisiton. Its daisho twin is in the Boston MFA. Cool stuff. I had a kozenji f/k very similar to yours, but sold it. I'm not sure if it would be okay to post the images here, since they are now the property of the other owner. 7 1 Quote
Yasaka Azuma Posted October 31, 2020 Report Posted October 31, 2020 4 hours ago, Curran said: Attached, my Kozenji tsuba. Came out of a Phili area museum deacquisiton. Its daisho twin is in the Boston MFA. Cool stuff. This is a great collection. I feel that the mainstream of Tosogu collection is shifting to foreign countries these days. Now that I think about it, the Japanese only collect cheap and fake. It was Kenichi-Kokubo who made a distinction between Mino and Kozenji metalwork. Kozenji is different from my understanding. But that's fine. I hope should do what you want. https://twitter.com/yakozen777/status/1230979387144560640 Quote
Kurikata Posted October 31, 2020 Author Report Posted October 31, 2020 Thank you Curran to have shown such a marvelous tsuba. Thank you also to mention this very specific school "Kozenji" that I didn't know before this thread. Quote
Kurikata Posted November 1, 2020 Author Report Posted November 1, 2020 Please , excuse my insistence but for the time being, I only have 3 opinions: - Umetada: 1 (Curran) -Kaga: 2 (Geraint and I) Some other views? Quote
kissakai Posted November 1, 2020 Report Posted November 1, 2020 Have another read of both schools to see if you can come to an opinion Quote
Curran Posted November 1, 2020 Report Posted November 1, 2020 This is flipping a coin. It could be either. I only went with Umetada due to the unusual shape. Quote
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