Need Help With A Tsuba Looking As Akasaka

[andreYes]

Hi all,

 

I need some help with this tsuba. 

 

First of all, I feel something wrong with its surface. Is it OK? Or this tsuba is modern made? Or maybe it was recently repatinated?

 

 

I like very much the design, but I can't understand it 

The seller wrote that It's myoga, but I think he's wrong. It resembles me the seeds of reed as it is usually depicted on Akasaka tsuba...

 

 

What else could it be?

[christianmalterre]

Hi Andrey,

 

maybe i can be of help ?

 

in my humble opinion it is not a Akasaka-school Tsuba you do show here.

I rather do point it to the Tosa Myochin.

 

Reason

i have had several good early till latter generation Akasaka school Tsuba myself in my collection- and i had equally several Tosa Myochin Tsuba in my collection in past- plus, i have seen many

Akasaka Tsuba here in Europe.....( you should know that especially here in Europe, there are a very lot of collectors focusing themself on this school and its stilistical expression)

 

the reason i do not see your´s exemplaire as Akasaka lineage piece are multiple.

The stilism ( for a late piece like your´s here ) is very simplified and does not show individuality ( like we do know it from the latter Akasaka masters or students)

The whole expression is much too fixed and forced! ( not fluid- do compare your´s 3th picture above - where you can see a certain vivid and "free" execution.

The execution- cut outs and smoothening of the Sukashi-walls is not the quite typical to see smoothening the Akasaka mainschool and latter students did execute.

The mimi is to bolt in comparison to the walls of the Sukashi work. ( this, only very seldom was case in the Akasaka school- and i personally have seen it on very parallel / maybe geometrical stilisms only- this is a but rather seldom to find exception! especially in those latter Guards )- such speaking- this does not "fitt" to the your´s more lavishly and "free" stilism ( copy ).

The stilism of this plant,branches, myoga or else ??? - motif is forced and without character- here again, please do compare it with your´s beautiful Tsuba in picture 3.

 

The Iron looks O.K. to me- the patination dito ( you should know that it is sometimes very tricky to get good light and pictures by cameras ( least me here, i can say i do do me very hard in taking least marginale working pictures with a camera   )- to see a patina in live is definitely a completely other story then vaguing ideas just by a photo....not?

So here, sorry, i can not be of help to you under these circumstances.....

As i but already wrote- it´s iron and forge looks good and it is a typical Tosa Myochin piece in my eyes.....

 

so well.....maybe i could be of help to you ????

 

( ah yes- i forgot...your´s red dot motif seems to be a kind of flying bird motif like we do know it from so many other Tsuba schools equally- just a more modern "freelance" workout so to fit to the total image it shows ....)

 

Christian

[andreYes]

Dear Christian,

 

Thank you very much!

Your help is invaluable! As always 

 

The theme of Tosa Myochin, and its comparison to Akasaka interest me greatly, so your detailed explanation is very helpful!

[vajo]

Good and nicely to read explanation Christian. I enjoy reading it.

 

Best

 

Chris