tsuba / no 3 , mei - help

[raaay]

Hi all

 

similar questions on this tsuba ,

 

large iron moko shaped ! tsuba with dragon / with human like face

curling round the hitsu-ana .

 

1. can anyone make out the mei ! please .

 

2. school ?

 

3. tsuba 80 x 75 x 3 to 4mm

 

 

 

As you can tell i do not know much about fittings and these are items

i have aquired through the years off collecting , and i hope you dont

mind on the NMB that i post a few swords / tsuba etc at a latter date .

 

 

thanks .

ray.

[Curran]

Left hand side is: Umetada Shige______ (I cannot see the last one)

 

Just off the top of my head from memory-

Probably later Edo Umetada work. If you pop open Harry Watson's Nihonto Koza Kodogu Volume- I suspect he will prove to be one of the Umetada Shige_____ listed there.

 

I'd thought such guys very unlikely to be gimei, but the NTHK bounced a fellow listmember's signed later Edo Umetada at the NTHK shinsa. So always a chance it is gimei.

 

If you can produce a better image of the last character under the 'Shige', I will look it up for you.

[Ford Hallam]

Hello Ray,

 

I can't tell if it's the flash but this tsuba also seems to have no patina. Did you buy both from the same vendor? I would suggest that some of the comments I made regarding your dragon tsuba may apply here.

 

ford

[Rich T]

There were a couple of generations from memory. Your tsuba is signed Yamashiro no Nuni Nishijin Jû Umetada Shigeyoshi.

 

Looks typical of his work, and I suspect Ford it is the flash making it look bad. Ray, try taking pics in the sunlight, or better still in broad daylight but under shade, I find for best results, use a scanner with the room lights turned off and the scanner lid up.

 

Cheers

 

Richard

[raaay]

HI

 

thanks, Curran for your help.

 

 

thanks, Rich T / for the the tips on the photos and the translation .

do not know when the next sunny day will be here

it's bloody frozen at the moment.

will try to get better pics soon??

 

Ford . Rich T / is correct with the flash making it look bad, the tsuba

 

has nice deep black patanation to it and feels good to touch

 

" the tsuba that is "

 

this tsuba i have owned for well over 15 years and came through

a private purchase including a sword blade and a broken tsuka

so i would say its not been [ tampered with ] i hope.

 

regards

 

ray.

[Bungo]

you don't need a sunny day in Scotland to take good pic of the tsuba, I think under overcast sky will suffice.............. a shot of single malt does wonders too.

 

milt the ronin

[Ford Hallam]

Hi Ray,

 

I'm pleased to hear that the colour is intact, it is a real trick to acurately capture the colour and the sheen on metal.

Now I can imagine it's feel and depth of colour I can feel suitably envious :D

 

cheers, Ford