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Goto ? Yoshioka ? Omori ? Yanagawa ?


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I personally offered me my Xmas present (I followed the advice:  If you want it done right your better do it yourself) :laughing:

 

Now we come to a school attribution. Personally I tend to consider this tsuba with a Goto school origin but.... would it be Omori, Yoshioka or Yanagawa?

 

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Yas,

 

It is called Sekigane.. An insert (usually copper) to allow the tsuba to fit (snugly) to the nakago.. You don't just see them in the nakago ana either.. They are sometimes fitted in sukashi tsuba around the seppa-dai to fit a koshirae (Koiguchi for example) or in the Ryo hitsu-ana to accomodate kodogu or to protect the kodogu from scratching.. The latter usually being fitted to iron tsuba and done in shakudo or gold to protect the fittings.

 

Here is an example in the kozuka-ana from one of my Akasaka tsuba.

 

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Tsuba from Suruga often have kutchibeni style sekigane that are fitted as part of the tsuba aesthetics. This is a kantei point as well.

 

Barrie.

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Bruno, I believe the confusion of Yas and others might stem from the beautiful and smooth execution of the sekigane. Usually they are crude, protuberant and unsightly and clearly a rushed copper addition to fit a tsuba to a specific nakago. Here, yours are smooth, elegant and flush with the surface. I have seen this before and it has also caused a debate in the past whether it was intended, how/why it was done etc. 

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In making kinko tuba it is normal to insert the sekigane while preparing the plate, so it is not unusual to have the surface finished flush. Of course, the purpose of sekigane is to protect both the tsuba and the sword from damaging each other while permitting a tight fit.

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