Popular Post zanilu Posted March 8 Popular Post Report Posted March 8 Having a particular fondness for brass-inlaid tsuba, I eventually added several pieces from the Washida school of fittings makers to my collection. This sparked my interest in learning more about the school and its production. Over time I gathered a fair amount of information and eventually decided to compile it into a single document, which you can find in the download section of the board: https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/files/file/210-the-shōnai-washida-school/ I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed putting it together. As I mentioned, given my particular weakness for brass inlay, the document is somewhat biased toward the work of Washida Mitsunaka! Just as an example of the Washida production here are the pieces from this school (or supposed to be from this school) in my collection: NBTHK Hozon to Washida. Dimensions 85.4 mm x 85.3 mm, thickness 3.9 at seppa dai, 4.2 at mimi. NBTHK Hozon to Washida. Dimensions 85.3mm x 79.2 mm, thickness 3.6 at seppa dai, 4.0 at mimi. Identical to tsuba attributed by NBTHK to Washida. Dimensions 87.2 mm x 82.2 mm, thickness 3.7 at seppa dai, 4.0 at mimi. Signed in kinzogan mei Kyozan Mitsunaka with Kao. Dimensions 87.2 mm x 77.6 mm, thickness 2.6 at seppa dai, 4.2 at mimi. Dimensions 83.5 mm x 78.6 mm, thickness 3.0 at seppa dai, 4.1 at mimi. Dimensions: 96.9 mm x 13.9 mm, thickness 4.7 mm. REgards Luca 6 12 1 Quote
anguilla1980 Posted March 8 Report Posted March 8 Wow, very beautiful! Thanks for sharing and uploading that document. Quote
Geraint Posted March 8 Report Posted March 8 Yes indeed! Some stunning examples both in your paper and your collection. Thank youfor sharing Luca. All the best. Quote
Brian Posted March 9 Report Posted March 9 Awesome write up. Thank you for sharing with the members Quote
Manuel Coden Posted March 9 Report Posted March 9 Very well done, glad that my restoration helped in this as well! 2 1 Quote
JPB Posted March 9 Report Posted March 9 Awesome! This is hours and hours of work ! Thank you for sharing. Quote
MassiveMoonHeh Posted March 20 Report Posted March 20 This is an absolutely amazing piece of scholarly effort. Thank you for sharing and well done for putting it all together. Brilliant! Quote
zanilu Posted March 21 Author Report Posted March 21 I usually collect all the information on a school that I am interested in and at a certain point I feel the the need to put all toghter in a coherent form. From that to sharing it is a just a small step. Regards Luca 2 2 Quote
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