paulb Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 Dear All, Below a tsuba bought recently at a non-specialist auction. Bought with little expectation as to quality other than I very much liked the design. Having received it I was pleasantly surprised. It is big at 8.6cm in diameter. The colour is good and it has a pleasant sheen to it. The mei is fujiwara Shigekuni saku. A friend informs me a Kyoto smith signing this way was working between 1650 and 1700. Personally I would have put this much later. Anyway have a look and see what you think. regards Paul Quote
Lorenzo Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 Cute. Is the second tsuba I see where the plant is bended to fit the composition :D Personally I would have put this much later. Me too :? Are we sure about the attribution? Quote
paulb Posted March 25, 2011 Author Report Posted March 25, 2011 High Lorenzo, no I am not particulalry confident about the attribution/mei. The mei is weakly done. As said above I did not have great exepctatiton of it so didnt pay a lot for it. But in hand it has good colour and finish and as said before I really like the composition. Quote
ububob Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 Paul, I can't tell from the photo but is there a marumimi? Quote
paulb Posted March 25, 2011 Author Report Posted March 25, 2011 Hi Bob, A noticeable point about this is the plate is very flat and the mimi square (marginal roundness on the corners) . The only thing I think I am sure of is it isnt Akasaka Quote
ububob Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 That design is intriguing I've seen it before somewhere but can't place it. It reminds me of a few schools one of which was Akasaka but I will dig through my references. From here it looks like a fun find for you. Enjoy it. Quote
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