New acquisition

[Grevedk]

Dear fellowship,

 

First of all - best wishes for the New Year. Secondly - my latest and newest acquisition that found its way into my modest collection through an item exchange between a collector friend and my self.

 

Iron Tsuba, 8,5 cm x 8 cm x 0,5 cm, intricately carved, open work and with different inlays of metal spanning gold, silver and copper.
 

Mei: “Kosyu Hikone Jyu Mogarashi Nyudo Soten Sei” (earlier translation by: Kazushige Tsuruta - who believed the signature genuine in 2015 - judged from photographs by previous owner).

My photographs are NOT in any way professional  sorry…

 

Any comments are as always welcome.

 

/Soeren

 

[Spartancrest]

Kosyu Hikone Jyu Mogarashi Nyudo SOTEN Sei  

 

 

Goshu/Kosyu Hikone Ju (江州彦根住): "Resident of Hikone, Omi Province (Goshu)".

Mogarashi Nyudo Soten Sei (藻柄子入道宗典製): "Made by Mogarashi Nyudo Soten". 

[eternal_newbie]

6 minutes ago, Spartancrest said:

Kosyu Hikone Jyu Mogarashi Nyudo SOTEN Sei

 

Likely a typo by Tsuruta-san or Soren, T and R are right next to each other.

 

Here are some prior discussions on NMB about Soten school tsuba: 

 

https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/1745-really-genuine-soten-tsuba/

https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/6737-soten-school-aesthetics/

 

[ROKUJURO]

There is a lot going on on that TSUBA! Might replace a Chinese martial arts video!

[Matsunoki]

Captures the chaos of the battle. I love the huge war club!

[Bugyotsuji]

Imagine the amount of work that went into creating that!

[Grevedk]

36 minutes ago, ROKUJURO said:

There is a lot going on on that TSUBA! Might replace a Chinese martial arts video!

 

29 minutes ago, Matsunoki said:

Captures the chaos of the battle. I love the huge war club!

 

23 minutes ago, Bugyotsuji said:

Imagine the amount of work that went into creating that!

Maybe the Latin translation of fear of empty spaces: “Horror Vacui” also applies to some Japanese artist  

 

It is a very intricate piece of work, and I’m unfortunately not capable at the moment to really capture by photo all the little artistic gems that is to be found under a closer look. Quite happy with this acquisition, and my first Tsuba in this category (School and theme).

 

Thank you all for your comments so far…

 

/Soeren

[Exclus1ve]

Congratulations on the acquisition!
You can look at it for a long time, like a painting. I really like that works of the Soten school look great as standalone pieces.

Edited Saturday at 03:18 PM by Exclus1ve

[Spartancrest]

One thing missing from most Soten tsuba battle scenes  - the lack of blood splatter! 

[Robert S]

Not my cup of tea aesthetically, but WOW, the craftsmanship is certainly amazing.

[Jake6500]

On 1/11/2026 at 12:50 AM, ROKUJURO said:

There is a lot going on on that TSUBA! Might replace a Chinese martial arts video!

As amazing as they can be to look at, I'm not really a huge Soten fan precisely for this reason! They're like sensory overload haha