Soshin Posted December 31, 2011 Report Posted December 31, 2011 Hi Everyone, I added this new tsuba to my collection that is outside of my normal collecting area. Here is the basic information about it. It measures 8.2 X 7.5 cm with a 4.0 mm thickness at rim but is thicker at the seppa-dai. The overall shape reminds me of juji mokko-gata. The tsuba is made of sakudo with a dark glossy patina (much darker in hand then in the photo) with a nice ishime-ji "stone surface". I went with these photos as they show the surface texture better but I have other photos which shows better how dark the patina is. The ko-sukashi design on either side of the nakago-ana normally where the ryo-hitsu ana would be I am not sure what they represent but I have seen them on other Higo tsuba. It has two circular lightly carved lines about four milometers out side of the seppa-dai on both sides of tsuba. The craftsmanship is remarkable. It was sold to me as modern Japanese utsushi of a famous Hirata school Higo tsuba. If anyone could provide the photos of the original Hirata school Higo work that would be great. Comments and questions are always welcome. Yours truly, David Stiles Quote
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