need help on another tsuba

[Mark C]

Hi all,

 

Another tsuba that I'm having trouble with.

 

It is 72mm high, 70mm wide and 5.5mm thick.

 

I think the mei could be Nobumune.

 

It would seem that I always get the things with part of the mei missing or worn away :lol:

 

Also, Is it normal to have two Kogai hitsu-ana

 

Any help, greatly appreciated

 

many thanks

Regards

Mark

[Bungo]

Nobuie.

 

There are many Nobuie, this could be a later one............I am more into " designs" and people that like Nobuie are more into the " beauty " of iron, so I can't say much meaningful regarding this school.

 

milt the ronin

[Rich T]

it is most certainly not a Nobuie tsuba. it is a shame that the bottom right of the kanji is missing, I thought also Nobumune when I saw it. there are 3 strokes on the left of Ie and this clearly looks to have just one. I have no Nobumune's listed either sorry, I thought maybe for a minute Nobusada ( I have one listed ) or Nobuyasu ( I have 2 Aziu Shoami listed ) but I am not confident about either of those guesses. I would think it to be late 1700's to mid 1800's in age.

 

Cheers

 

Rich