Help Identifying Tsuba Theme

[zanilu]

Hello, and season greetings to all

 

I have recently purchased an Heianjo tsuba with a composite theme.

 

 

On the omote side we can see flowers that I think are autumn plants (Akikusa - 秋草) with overlaid a sort of cloud full of hanabishi (花菱) kamon.
On the ura there are wild geese and waves (gan no nami - 雁波).

I need some help to sort out some questions I have about the themes.

 

First it is right to refer to the ura theme as "gan no nami" and use the kanji "雁の波" or there is a more befitting way to refer to it? There is any story connected with such a design or representation?

 

While I can see a connection between the autumn grasses on the front and the wild geese on the back, i.e. autumn migration of the geese, the connection with the hanabishi kamon with either one is not clear to me. As far as I have understood the hanabishi does not refer not is abstraction of any real flower.

 

Any thought about the tsuba itself and about the theme are most welcome

 

Thank you in advance and best regards

Luca

 

[MauroP]

Ciao Luca,
"gan no nami" sounds like a genitive case. I suppose that simply gan nami or gan ni nami (雁に波) should be the correct form (but let a true expert in Japanese chime in).
See: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/雁に波文皿　肥前焼・-柿右衛門様式-plate-with-geese-and-waves/-AH96HQsuwb9nQ
Love your Heianjō findings.

[zanilu]

Grazie Mauro

 

Sei una certezza!

 

Thank you Mauro. I was sure that you will provide something of interest!

The most intriguing thing though is the connection between the three themes, if any!

 

Regards

Luca