First item in the April shopping list.

[GoldenDrachen]

Hello gentlemen

 

I have plans to purchase few tsuba this month. List practically ready. I am pretty confident on most of the items I have picked, but not sure about this one.

 

Would like to see if my estimates are correct.

Photos are not great, but this is all I have.

 

I think this is a Katchushi. Period, possibly early Edo. Motif is Aoi leafs and feathers.

Diameter is 9cm. 

Thank you in advance

Vitaly 

 

 

 

[Spartancrest]

I think the motif is 'Snow on Bamboo' leaves, with inome. The two leaves could also be "芦葉 ashi-ba" reed leaves said to be the vessel used when Daruma-daishi crossed the Yangtze River.

 

This one is snow on mulberry leaf  https://tsubakansho.com/tag/leaf/

 

[Grey Doffin]

I don't think there are many early Edo iron tsuba that have never been mounted. May not be as early as you think.

Grey

[ROKUJURO]

Looks like a modern TSUBA to me - 20th century.

[Bugyotsuji]

Re "First item in the April shopping list"

 

April fool？

[GoldenDrachen]

Thank you all, gentlemen!

The more tsuba I am looking at, the more nuances come up. Of course, while I am a rookie, some red flags will be overlooked.

When I am in doubt, I will ask. 

And once again I am very grateful for all your help! 

So I will be moving further down the shopping list. 

 

 

 

[Spartancrest]

1 hour ago, GoldenDrachen said:

So I will be moving further down the shopping list. 

Do you mind if I put up the auctions on your last two examples? They weren't hard to find.

[GoldenDrachen]

Absolutely don't 

[GoldenDrachen]

Ok. First one passed. I'd rather skip it

, if there is some doubts.

I hope I did better with this one. Already bought.

 

Bushu school. Made by Yoshitsugu. ( Listed in Wakayama book)

 

 

Tsuba: motif, I think is a bamboo and Aoi leafs.

 

 

And just to broaden my horizons

These books

[ROKUJURO]

Vitaly,

this is a pretty little one! Authentic and signed, so no worries! The corrosion on the lower MIMI (rim) may make it less desirable for some collectors, so I hope that the price was correspondingly low.

[MauroP]

Hi Vitaly, I see you have bought the three volumes of "Tsuba - Kodōgu Gadai Jiten", really a valuable resource to understand the cultural contents in Japanese sword fittings.
Here you can find a fully searchable index of the three volumes: https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/31049-tsuba-kodogu-gadai-jiten/#comment-317709

[GoldenDrachen]

7 hours ago, MauroP said:

Here you can find a fully searchable index

Hi Mauro

Thank you so much!

It will help me a lot. Really really handy it is 

 

All the best

Vitaly