kyushukairu Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 Tempo ‘Daishi’ (大士) 95 x 90mm £280 Very large iron plate with excellent surface treatment and a rich chocolate brown patina. It is unusual that this tsuba does not have any kozuka of kogai ana, and as such remains unaltered from the original plate. The hot stamp bears the characters for 'daishi’ (大士) which can be read to mean 'great warrior'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyushukairu Posted June 13 Author Report Share Posted June 13 Shoami Wild goose and the moon 85 x 79mm £280 A large, well forged iron plate with great iron work and a pleasing patina. The silver goose is done in takabori and contrasts well against the sukashi moon and clouds, which are decorated with gold and silver nunome zogan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyushukairu Posted June 13 Author Report Share Posted June 13 Akasaka Crane and pine 70 x 65mm £420 *This tsuba comes with NBTHK kanteisho attributing it to ‘late Akasaka’.* A very pleasing design with a crane and pine trees in abstract form. The surface of the iron is very smooth and reminiscent of the Kamiyoshi school, the design is also in the Higo tradition, as is common in late Akasaka work. Comes with a box and pillow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyushukairu Posted June 13 Author Report Share Posted June 13 Bushu/Choshu Kuroda kamon 75 x 71mm £320 A heavy iron plate with fuji (wisteria) carved in relief, which is often seen in Choshu work. The fuji is styled in form of the Kuroda clan’s kamon (who were a prominent samurai family who ruled over Fukuoka and Himeji). It is very likely that this tsuba was made for a samurai of the Kuroda clan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyushukairu Posted June 13 Author Report Share Posted June 13 Ko-kinko Chrysanthemum 58 x 56mm £120 A very small and fine yamagane plate which, from the carved nakago-ana appears to have been mounted on multiple swords through it’s life. Stylised chrysanthemum with 12 petals. There is a small crack on one of the ‘petals’ at the bottom as can be seen in the photos, though this does not detract from the aesthetics of the tsuba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BjornLundin Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 Hi Kyle, I like the Kuroda kanon tsuba, but is the text in white? Best Björn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyushukairu Posted June 13 Author Report Share Posted June 13 Thanks Bjorn. I have now changed the text color. I had written the text before and copied it into the forum, but it came up in black and as the forum is grey it wasn’t easy to see, so I changed the text to white to contrast against the background. However, a friend also informed me that he received an email notification with white text on a white background. Hopefully it will be more visible now! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 When you copy and paste, you paste the original fomatting. Doesn't work on forums that have different themes. Paste as plain text. If in doubt, paste it into something that doesn't keep formatting....like notepad. Then copy and paste from there. The forum will compensate for the various themes people are using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John A Stuart Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 Please advise on how to purchase the Kamiyoshi tsuba, Barring world disaster I'll buy it. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyushukairu Posted June 13 Author Report Share Posted June 13 Many thanks, Brian. I’ll remember that for future posts! Just sent you a PM, John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyushukairu Posted June 13 Author Report Share Posted June 13 Kamiyoshi tsuba now sold. I’ve also just added a photo of the Akasaka tsuba with its kanteisho - it was issued in August 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken-Hawaii Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 PM sent, Kyle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyushukairu Posted June 15 Author Report Share Posted June 15 Ko-kinko Amida yasuri tsuba now sold 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyushukairu Posted June 21 Author Report Share Posted June 21 Tempo tsuba now sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilles Posted July 3 Report Share Posted July 3 Got the big tempo tsuba which was very well protected for this rather long journey. I am fully satisfied with this unusual tsuba which is very pleasant in hand. Thank you again Kyle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyushukairu Posted July 24 Author Report Share Posted July 24 Bump. Will be taken to a dealer for trade next month if there’s no interest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyushukairu Posted September 15 Author Report Share Posted September 15 Shoami tsuba now sold. Bushu Kamon tsuba withdrawn (I’e decided to keep it) Open to offers on the Akasaka and ko-Kinko tsuba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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