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Please help identify tsubas


sascha1

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Second can also be called Mino-Goto style. [Mino Goto means in the style of Goto]. A lot were basically shiremono [off the shelf] mass produced in various levels of quality. They appear in various patterns - yours is the treasure ship, there are half a dozen at least standard patterns. They often share 'ready made' tagane-ato [punch marks around the nakago-ana] you might notice that no metal is actually moved into the hole and they are usually intended to suggest the tsuba has been mounted, which is not always the case.

 

 

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Today i have read about Katakiri-bori engraving on Tsuba, a technique where a wide and angled chisel is used to create a line of varying thickness that emulates the appearance of brushed ink on paper.

It becomes popular in the beginning of the eighteenth century and i think your first tsuba is made with this technique.(?)

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