Spartancrest Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 For some time I have been collecting "tsuba related objects" - Items that are decorated with tsuba images but not of a Warlike nature and the breadth of items is staggering. A paper could easily be written just on the place in Japanese culture that tsuba take outside the role of the sword. Some items I turned up just today: Tabletop cabinet Tsuba censer cover Koro or incense burner Amalgam of tosogu parts as decoration 5 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted January 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 More items: Tsuba decorated leather "Bill-fold" 1970s-80s Gold lacquer inro Wood and metals netsuke "Kashigata" wooden cake molds 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROKUJURO Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 ...and as a modern keyring: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itomagoi Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 A silk scarf 😀 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugyotsuji Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 There is one Tsuba in this photo. (One of the three tables of Bingo prizes this evening.) The one lower right is a Bizen Yaki ceramic. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted January 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 Piers, we would get a visit from the police if we had Bingo prizes like that - but can you save me a seat! [tsuba: is that a squirrel and grape vine?] Shedding more light on tsuba objects : And monkeying around with one 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted January 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 Jean, why stop at one? These are some of my key-rings and Kendo badges. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROKUJURO Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 It is simply the only one I have! 1 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark S. Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 Tsuba futaoki - stand for tea pot lid 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rematron Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 This thread is great! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted January 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 6 hours ago, ROKUJURO said: It is simply the only one I have! Hi Jean - that means more for me! These are still out there! https://www.jauce.com/auction/x1014861456 https://www.jauce.com/auction/s1018459866 https://www.jauce.com/auction/n510108027 https://www.jauce.com/auction/v774574905 https://www.jauce.com/auction/c1003611698 https://www.jauce.com/auction/q1009022046 https://www.jauce.com/auction/g517286314 https://www.jauce.com/auction/1029302916 https://www.jauce.com/auction/e524211134 The seller has 2,343 key-rings [I should get a search fee! ] For those with similar interests, there are Key-rings with Jitte, Kabuto and Swords from the same seller - and just about everything else you can think of, but you will have to do those searches for yourselves via the links above. Happy hunting! I think I am going 'Potty" [This definition not the other one! ] Go potty: 1. To become irrational, crazy, eccentric, or addlebrained. Primarily heard in UK. [and Australia] 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROKUJURO Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 Dale, I have to confess that I don't like many of them as they are not made as close copies. Some look as if the manufacturers had never seen a genuine TSUBA. And as I just have a few keys to hold together, I think I will leave them all for you and stay with real TSUBA! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugyotsuji Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 A couple of years back I spotted a tsuba wrapped tightly in old grimy string around the Hitsu ana and seppa dai, making it a useful Netsuké-like object for hanging things from, but hard to tell what kind of Tsuba lay underneath. No-one showed much interest in it, so I bought it as a junk ‘decorative object’, and later removed the string. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 What a gem, once upon a sword... I bet it has a nice 'ring'. BaZZa. EDIT: PS: Where are the bottle openers??? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted January 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 Bottle openers - BaZZa, you got it! Even Ford posted about them back in 2008 https://www.ebay.com/itm/354484325058 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted January 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 Porcelain tsuba - still a little 'potty' 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hddennis Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 I found this on eBay a few years ago and couldn't resist because of the theme. Howard Dennis 8 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted January 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 Getting back to Bazza - do you need ice with that bottle opener? https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/shopping/o-trap_99411229/category/2406 I swear there is some strange tsuba stuff out there! 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted January 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 A lighter for the Aussie Barbie [BBQ]? https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/shopping/zippo-landing_r02-2018i/category/2406 https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/shopping/revolutjp_cstg2/category/2406 and a nice shirt for the Aussie summer. Coffee cup? https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/shopping/o-trap_99408103/category/2406 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted January 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 This one is a tsuba imitating something else - an abacus - perhaps it belonged to a merchant? Count the number of dead after a battle? Liked the sound of rattling metal? and another tsuba inspired inro 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rematron Posted January 12, 2023 Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 Do the abacus beads actually move? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted January 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 Yes they move but you might need a microscope to do any calculations! I am surprised the thin wires are still intact, must have been a fun build! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rematron Posted January 12, 2023 Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 That is really cool. And yeah, must have been a fun build indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rematron Posted January 12, 2023 Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 Classy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted January 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 Even more classy - too rich for my blood! https://www.studiobaharra.com/bushido-line-products/tsuba-medallion-buckle $1,900.00 TSUBA: ALL SILVER APPR 2 INCHES DIAMETER https://www.lotusartsdevivre.com/products/tsuba-buckle-belt-with-galucha TSUBA BUCKLE BELT WITH GALUCHAT TSUBA BUCKLE BELT WITH GALUCHAT Regular price USD $4,310.00 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rematron Posted January 12, 2023 Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 Better than the real thing! Hmmm, papered antique tsuba OR super sweet belt… I just can’t decide… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted January 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 https://www.lotusartsdevivre.com/products/tsuba-buckle-belt-with-galuchat At these prices I will stick with string holding my pants up! How much for a pair of braces? GALUCHAT BELT WITH TSUBA BUCKLE Regular price USD $3,590.00 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugyotsuji Posted January 12, 2023 Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 Word of the day candidate? Galuchat, ornamented shagreen. (Like same', or ray skin?) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rematron Posted January 12, 2023 Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 The tsuba belt buckles are interesting to me because I have often considered that tusba in medieval Japan were indeed a lot like belt buckles, especially those associated with Spaghetti Westerns: Belt buckle to hold up the gun belt VS tsuba actually part of the 'gun'. Both worn in the same general location on the body and both expressing the individuality of the wearer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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