Shimenawa theme on Waki-tsuba (?)

[Andi B.]

Hello,

 

I purchased this little wakizashi tsuba recently and now I'm curious what this motif shows and what it means?

The rope seems to be a shimenawa but I'm not sure about the two other objects - are they incense burners?

Does anybody has further ideas/information about this kind of piece?

 

 

Thank you & best reards

[Nobody]

Maybe Kanju and Manju.

Ref. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5925&p=46150&hilit=kanju#p46150

[Ford Hallam]

...Great balls of fire....obviously a reference to Jerry Lee Lewis

[Andi B.]

There are typic hammer/stamp marks visible on the surface.

Is this simply a common? style of decoration or do the marks have any meaning as charakters?

[John A Stuart]

This tsuba may be Saotome Tembo school. The kokuin may be kanji or some other symbols. Mostly you see sukashi or plain stamped plate, however there are soft metal embellished iron plate examples with zogan. I've read other schools have used tembo plate as the base on which to work. The religious motif fits the pattern. John

[Curran]

My thought was like John's.

I see what I thought was a Tembo tsuba decorated with Shinto religious elements (the flaming jewels and rope with paper

[Andi B.]

Thanks for your input - I have googled and found this interesting link:

http://www.shibuiswords.com/BITsuba2.htm

 

Maybe I can identify the kanji / symbol...