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Dear All.

 

Just one more to add to the record.  I have seen one other of this design.  (Sorry about the photographs.) I have often wondered about other fittings produced in Nagoya, the tanto that Chris posted seems to suggest that quite a lot of the fairly clunky fuchi kashira and kozuka that we see around might be from the same source.  From what I have seen there is a variation in quality which is no surprise.

 

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All the best.

 

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John I appreciate your thread and find it interesting as I bought these two when I started collecting and have seen many variations over the years and have been curious about them.

They are obviously not high grade. 

The katana tsuba(flowers in basket) is heavy and measures at 80mm × 75mm.

The Wakizashi tsuba was quite small but can't measure it as I gave it away. 

Thanks John and all.

 

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On 1/24/2021 at 10:23 AM, Spartancrest said:

Sorry but I keep finding new patterns - this one has a large butterfly

Hi Dale

Old thread but thought I’d add mine. Recently bought simply because it’s the best one of these I’ve ever seen. Probably at the top end of their quality spectrum?

 

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Ya, I used the Chinese name, shishi, for the lion dog.

They originated as guardian symbols in Chinese Buddhism.

 

I learned that association a long time ago so it’s what I default to.

 

Anyway, that one struck me as more of a lion than a tiger.

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