Three in a set?

[Spartancrest]

I have asked this question in another thread but it went unanswered - what is a set of 3 matching tsuba [or other fittings] called?

 

大小と 小さい  Daishō to chīsai ? There must be a name as they certainly exist. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/3-signed-antique-Japanese-sword-tsuba-fuchi-kashira

 

 

[Rich S]

I don't know what they are called, but I have a trisho (my name for them) of Saotome tsuba.

[Brian]

Since that theme is so common, it would be easy to collect a set of 3 sizes. But doesn't mean they were made together or ever worn or owned as a set of 3.
I suspect they were still made to be singles or pairs of swords.

[Spartancrest]

Rich, I like the term Trisho but what happens when you add in a nodachi 野太刀?

Yon-sho or Shi-sho? 

[ROKUJURO]

What about XXL DAISHO?

[Spartancrest]

Hi Brian you are right I just completed a triple set myself last night - as a bonus I get a lot of rust to correct but hey it is all fun. 

Anyone seen a really big [over 90mm] version of the design? Preferably with this seal. 

 

 

For any who are interested this is not how to 'clean off rust'  https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/tetsugendo-school-tsuba-floral-532919159

[Stephen]

Doc has it....i use trifecta 😉

[Bugyotsuji]

Are we looking for a Japanese name or a Western name?

 

As Brian has said, they probably came together by collecting coincidence; the tsuba-ko must have made several of each version quite independently.

 

If it's a Western name, then how about the Holy Trinity of Tsuba?

[Spartancrest]

Yeah but there are more than three sizes possible! How about a royal flush, or quadrella. [yes there is such a word]

Maybe I could name them after the Marx brothers? 

[Bugyotsuji]

So, if there is no recognized thing as a Tsuba 'set' (above 2) per se, Dale, then having a name for it is a moot point. What we want is a series of names, perhaps, but your thread, your call!