Info on antique tsuba

[jdawg221]

Got this antique tsuba off ebay for 35 bucks. Wondering if you guys can give me anyt details about it, like school or time period. Diameter is around 68mm, thickness is around 4-5mm

[Bugyotsuji]

This Tsuba doesn’t quite fit with anything I know for sure, so it goes into my mental ‘nebulous’ box. That is probably what the owner felt and why it was so cheap. My first Tsuba purchases started like this.

Can we see some Sasa low bamboo leaves on one side, and rocks with a propped-up pine branch on the other? 

[Spartancrest]

One in the Cleveland Museum of Art,  number 1919.377 - very similar.

And another from my files 'Utsushi'.  These are a little more elaborate - none are signed so attribution is difficult.

 

[John A Stuart]

Mito.vibe here. John

[Bugyotsuji]

Mr jdawg’s Tsuba has a relatively flat surface, though.

[vajo]

Its a simple late Edo period wakizashi iron tusba for a poor ashigaru samurai.