nulldevice Posted January 26 Report Posted January 26 (edited) I received the koshirae for one of my blades today and after taking everything apart I found the fuchi is signed. I’m not knowledgeable at all about tosogu and would love more information. I figured out the mei is Togintei Yoshiteru (Kao) 東吟亭義照 (花押) and that he was a Shinshinto fittings maker who has made some nice examples of work I've seen on Aoi, Tsuruginoya, and other auction sites. The fittings are in good shape but just a bit covered with grime. Only the fuchi is signed but the theme among the fittings is all the same zodiac animals and the work to my eyes looks to be of the same maker (particularly looking at the gold inlaid tiger stripes). Edited January 26 by nulldevice 2 Quote
nulldevice Posted January 28 Author Report Posted January 28 And finally the kashira and better photos of the tsuba 2 Quote
nulldevice Posted January 28 Author Report Posted January 28 It seems the tsuba is its own standalone piece as it doesn't fit the Junishi theme but the rest of the fittings seem to form a 5 piece matching set which according to Touken World is called a itsutokoro-mono. These aren't seen much if this is indeed a 5 piece matching set. 2 Quote
nulldevice Posted January 28 Author Report Posted January 28 As for Togintei Sato Yoshiteru, Ive found a Juyo set of daisho tsuba, a few more Tokubetsu Hozon tsuba and one more tsuba on the Japanese cultural heritage website. I've also found other fuchi, menuki, and various fittings with his signature on it as well as a few metal storage boxes bearing his signature. The Boston MFA has a few kozuka but their images don't show the signatures and just show the front panel only. The only history I can find on him is from old auctions saying he studied under Araki Tomei from the Goto Ichijo school and Sato Toho later taking the Sato name after marrying into the family. From Jussi's juyo index I can see the following Juyo items: Juyo 34 - Daisho Tsuba Juyo 35 - Daisho Tsuba Juyo 44 - Chiisagatana Koshirae - Fuchi signed (Yoshiteru – 義照彫之) Juyo 47 - Daisho Koshirae (I believe this may be the daisho koshirae in the above photos) Juyo 58 - Daisho Tsuba Below are the zufu for Juyo 34 and 35 Daisho Tsuba 4 1 Quote
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