Lacquered Daisho Tsuba Papered to Higo School.

[Chishiki]

Hi.  A pare of tsuba I just acquired.    Recent Hozon Papers to late Edo Higo school.  Can anyone shed some light on the features that make them Higo?  Base metal is copper and of course Hosokawa Mon.   The fukerin looks like gilt rather than lacquer.  If you have a photo of a similar tsuba I would like to see it.    Searching the net doesn't show much.  Thanks in advance.  Mark

[Curran]

The geometry in general is Higo proportions, especially the rendering of the left n right ana.  Usually that screams Higo.

[Infinite_Wisdumb]

NICE!  Was watching these on JAUCE.  Great laquer work

[b.hennick]

I agree both the ana and the mon lead to Higo.

[DirkO]

https://markussesko.com/2015/07/07/some-thoughts-on-wada-sukashi/ for more info about the sukashi

[Shugyosha]

Hi Dirk,

The paper describes these as “left-right matsu (pine) sukashi”.
 

I assume the difference between these and wada sukashi is one of scale but any idea where the pine thing comes from as I can’t see it? 

[DirkO]

Hi John,

 

I kinda see where they got it from?

Could be a stylised form of the below. Obviously I gladly defer to the papers. It reminded of wada sukashi, but if the NBTHK say pine, pine it is.

[Chishiki]

Thanks Gents,  appreciated.  Mark

[Chishiki]

7 hours ago, Curran said:

The geometry in general is Higo proportions, especially the rendering of the left n right ana.  Usually that screams Higo.

Hi Curran.  The shape of the ana was all I could see that looked Higo style.  I was wondering if they were also known

for lacquered tsuba.   Late Edo lacquered tsuba seem an oddity but I know they have lacquered tsuba since the start.   I can only think these must have been an ordered, gift type set.   Thanks for your input as always.

 

Mark

Edited June 14, 2022 by Chishiki