Toryu2020 Posted March 6, 2023 Report Share Posted March 6, 2023 Yes, but does your bridge have a tsuba? 6 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiipu Posted March 6, 2023 Report Share Posted March 6, 2023 I ran across a tsuba painted on the tailfin of an airplane. See also post #12 that follows a little later. IJA IJN Kill Markings, Post #9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rematron Posted March 7, 2023 Report Share Posted March 7, 2023 https://www.jauce.com/auction/m1083576420 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted March 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2023 Jeremy I have a paperweight same design as on that inkstone case. Based on a master work. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted March 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2023 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodenbacher Posted March 7, 2023 Report Share Posted March 7, 2023 If you ever visit Paris, be sure you have a room in the Tsuba Hotel (near Arc de Triomphe) : 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rematron Posted March 7, 2023 Report Share Posted March 7, 2023 That's super fancy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted March 25, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 What is advertised is not what you get! https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/314449795999 Antique Edo Kumihimo Obijime Goto Goto it is not! Try Kinai? With the accessory of the obi it is still cheaper than without it! https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/354617105984 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rematron Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 https://www.ebay.com/itm/404190350010?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=BC2wevW5Qx-&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=teIJusuOQ82&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted March 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2023 Bookends https://www.jauce.com/auction/b1085576207 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon R Posted March 28, 2023 Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 On a rather lovely antique katanakake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted March 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 (edited) On 3/27/2023 at 10:35 PM, Spartancrest said: Bookends Same design as this [but not as good! ] Matching paperweight - https://www.jauce.com/auction/1081919825 Edited March 28, 2023 by Spartancrest paperweight added 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiipu Posted April 6, 2023 Report Share Posted April 6, 2023 A kendō 剣道 club medallion? Need help to identify this medal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugyotsuji Posted April 6, 2023 Report Share Posted April 6, 2023 剣道部 Kendo Bu, (Kendo Club) does it say along the bottom? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted April 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2023 26 minutes ago, Kiipu said: A kendō 剣道 club medallion? Yes I believe it is a kendo medal possibly pre-war. I noticed some of the responses on the link thought it was Chinese from the characters used, but Chinese characters were often used in a formal way on Japanese items [tsuba included] Another Dragon badge from roughly the same time[?] in the middle, Image with a Sakura emblem from the first image and military badge WWII 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugyotsuji Posted April 6, 2023 Report Share Posted April 6, 2023 Placed upon the 徽章 (kisho) mark of Doshisha University in Kyoto? (Same white and purple as Amherst College, where the founder Niijima Jo went, alias Joseph Hardy Neesima) 同志社大学 (doshisha.ac.jp) 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiipu Posted April 6, 2023 Report Share Posted April 6, 2023 It seems the kendō club has been around for awhile. 剣道部の歴史 There is a character superimposed on top of the sakura and it looks similar to 高? The numbers at the bottom, reading from right to left, is the year 1926. 二五八六 = 1926. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugyotsuji Posted April 6, 2023 Report Share Posted April 6, 2023 Consider that university education used to be called 高等教育 Kōtō kyōiku and universities were called Kōtō Gakkō before that became the name for high schools. Not sure how that would fit the time line for Dōshisha though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted April 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2023 The Japanese have a strong 'Gaming' culture - no surprise there are upgrades in some games with Tsuba! https://game8.co/games/Genshin-Impact/archives/337893 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted April 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2023 Abstract modern art - tsuba https://www.saqa.com/art/browse-collection/samurai-tsuba image is copyright so I won't post it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rematron Posted April 20, 2023 Report Share Posted April 20, 2023 https://www.jauce.com/auction/r1088887210 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted April 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2023 Jeremy R. I can remember when these were selling for around 2,000 yen [not that long ago!] Now we are lucky if we can afford the shipping! Missed opportunities! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROKUJURO Posted April 20, 2023 Report Share Posted April 20, 2023 Jeremy, these cast iron TSUBA will certainly make someone happy! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rematron Posted April 20, 2023 Report Share Posted April 20, 2023 @Spartancrest, I thought the same thing! I would love to buy that but the shipping would kill! @ROKUJURO, Touche! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okan Posted April 20, 2023 Report Share Posted April 20, 2023 Ha! Bookmarks! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted May 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 For the discerning man around town: https://www.jauce.com/auction/f1092530595 Well in the 1970s or 80s at least? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRC Posted May 22, 2023 Report Share Posted May 22, 2023 tsuba as a lamp finial: 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted May 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2023 Nice "invaluable" find Glen. I don't know if this fits the thread - a 380th Anniversary of Japan-Netherlands Diplomatic Relations Reproduction Tsuba. It is obviously not meant to be used as a guard, yet it not something you could use for another purpose? https://www.jauce.com/auction/c1089417271 it is also not that well made, the beaded rim is 'off'. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimitri Posted May 23, 2023 Report Share Posted May 23, 2023 Dale, I know someone who has one for sale, that's crazy. I was wondering if it was a real tsuba, now I have the answer. Thank you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deez77 Posted May 25, 2023 Report Share Posted May 25, 2023 There have been a few inro previously posted in this thread, but not this beautiful Zeshin piece from Sotheby's 1998 Greenfield catalog. Enjoy! Damon 4 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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