Design query

[kissakai]

Hi 

I'm finding this design a bit difficult to determine

 

 

It looks like holly but that doesn't seem right

 

[Curran]

This is a Hayashi Shigemitsu I own.  

2nd gen of the school. Ex-Ito-san.

I've been told it is a Camellia design, but I have not translated the description of the papers.

[kissakai]

Thanks Curran

I've just found the Chrysanthemum leaves are a similar shape to the first tsuba

 

[ROKUJURO]

Grev,

in your SUKASHI TSUBA I think I can see 'overlapping circles' called WACHIGAI. A common feature in TSUBA.

[Spartancrest]

Grev,

             Lotus root cross section? 

[Nobody]

The first design may be 輪違 (Wachigai) as Jean said. And it also reminds me of 錫杖 (Shakujo).

Ref. Khakkhara - Wikipedia

 

The second design looks like common paulownia leaves.

 

錫杖 (Shakujo)

[Bugyotsuji]

I see turtles…

[Spartancrest]

 . . .    

[Bugyotsuji]

Ancient Rorschach Test…

[FlorianB]

Concerning the first one I agree with wachigai. 

The second tsuba maybe shows a modified form of ivy- or tsuta-kamon. The tendrils would fit.

Edited December 27, 2025 by FlorianB

[MauroP]

Unusual description, Curran, the paper say 二叉車透鐔 but I don't know how to read it (maybe futatsu mataguruma sukashi tsuba). Anyway it should mean something like "two stacked wheel design".

[MauroP]

I'd suggest 葡萄 - budō - grapevine for the second tsuba.