Tsuba identification help

[DAY]

This one caught my eye on e**y back in February...  It is 83 x 85 mm; 5mm thick at both rim and seppa dai ; rounded rim and chisel cut, tekkotsu not visible. The loop that has lost its patina sits above the main plate 1 mm.  Any ideas on time period or school for this piece ?  Now that I have "accumulated" a few pieces it is time to figure out what I have. Possibly Later Edo Ko-shaomi ?  If you have seen the original listing the white crud in the corners was old dried wax..

Thank in advance  for any information you may be able to provide.

David

sorry second image is upside down..

 

[kissakai]

Assuming it is not a copy them possibly Heinjo circa 1750

It is a curtain and rails

 

[DAY]

Thanks Grev, I'm trying to get the upside down photo corrected with better lighting so the color is a bit closer to the actual tone.  I can't  begin to fathom the time and dedication hunched over a work bench to produce a detailed piece like this. Kudos to those who continue this line of work.  Every time it goes under the scope I see more detail that I missed before .

Thanks again for the info I'll look into this

David

 

 

[kissakai]

It is nice

The one in the Birmingham museum is 80 x 79 x 4.6mm

What does the description say?

 

Birmingham example:

 

[ROKUJURO]

David,

 

KO-SHOAMI  (not SHAOMI) is a school that was popular about 1500 or earlier. Your TSUBA looks to be much later, but this is only my guess based on your photos.  

[DAY]

Thanks Jean, sometimes my brain slips out of gear. Tsuba looks "newer" than the ko-shoami time frame.

The paper that came with it "A-1987 Iron, openwork of a noren, blowing in the wind. Circa 1700 $8.00 Duplicate in ROM" "A-1987" is the tag that is attached to the tsuba.  As the tsuba was sold out of Wisconsin I am guessing ROM is the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. Seller claims it came for a collector who was traveling into Japan in the 60's hence the $8.00.

Thanks to both of you this is a good step on my educational journey.

[Spartancrest]

http://thumb1.zeppy.io/d/l400/pict/144416322943/antique-1700-Japanese-Japan-samurai-sword-tsuba-iron-openwork-noren-guard-vtg 

Yours I presume.

 

One in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford. http://jameelcentre.ashmolean.org/collection/7/10237/10365    EAX.10776

 

A variant found here. -- https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/collection-publications/collection/works/tsuba-doorway-curtain-design/36454/

 

 

Another - https://www.earmi.it/armi/tsuba/tsuba.htm  [picture quality not so great.]

 

 

One up for auction now with papers - https://www.jauce.com/auction/r1039267825

Perhaps someone can translate them? 

[MauroP]

Here a tsuba (縄暖簾図透 - nawanoren no zu sukashi) attributed by NBTHK to Inshū Suruga school.

 

[DAY]

yes Dale I am now the current caretaker of this... The original listing photos were quite poor.

Thank you all for providing these images and info.

David

[DAY]

Just received this one from AOI-ART. 78mm x80 mm x4mm

[Toryu2020]

Nawa Noren - the drunkards paradise...