Tsuba wheat sheaf & bird of prey, Habaki wind and rain

[phil reid]

Hello , any idea on maker/ date on this tsuba , iron with wheat sheaf's and foliage in gilt and possibly silver accents  - bird of prey hovering with gilt beak, obversestream with gilt accented foliage.

 Copper habaki (is it wind or clouds & rain/ catscratch?)

 Any help appreciated

[phil reid]

[ROKUJURO]

3 hours ago, phil reid said:

....any idea on maker/ date on this tsuba , iron with wheat sheaf's and foliage in gilt and possibly silver accents  - bird of prey hovering with gilt beak, obverse stream with gilt accented foliage.

 Copper habaki (is it wind or clouds & rain/ catscratch?)

 

Phil,

it is difficult to see details on your photos. I don't see wheat sheaves and birds. It would perhaps be a good idea to dismount the TSUBA and make new photos. In any case, it looks like an AIZU SHOAMI TSUBA, probably from mid-EDO JIDAI.

The HABAKI is nice, NEKO-GAKI in combination with 'clouds' do indeed give an impression of rain. 

[Tanto54]

The habaki is probably rain and water (instead of cloud) - these swirls are a standard stylization for water (and in light of the proper orientation of a habaki, if it were a cloud, it would be under the rain...)

 

 

[phil reid]

Morning Gents, hopefully these photos are better.

 cheers, Phil

[John A Stuart]

This tsuba is a typical Sansui style, perhaps Mito or Aizushoami. Rocks, foliage, water and mountains with wildlife and people common. Here is a Mito tsuba recently acquired for comparison. John

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