Shakudo tsuba with nanako --> School?

[Kurikata]

Hi Gents, this shakudo tsuba with nanako and summer plants design, in the shape of a "tachi " tsuba but with Hitsu Ana (therefore it is not a tachi tsuba) is puzzling me.

 

Having some very small gold dots inserted, it could make me think having a goto influence. But I doubt Goto family did such tsuba, looking that way.

 

What are you views?

 

Thank you

[Higo-san]

My guess would be early Edo Mino workmanship - neither the nanako nor the carving do look like Gotō to me.

 

A really nice tsuba!

 

Best

 

Chris

[suketaka]

And don't look like Ko-Kinko.

 

Very nice Tsuba, i like it a lot!

[Kurikata]

Thank you Chris and Michael for you interest. I take Chris option for an early Edo Edo Mino one. Trying to find similar ones on the net I was surprised,to face an "empty box". Does someone can share similar tsuba pictures ?

 

Thank you

 

Bruno

[Spartancrest]

Bruno. I don't know if these will help.

 

Tsuba for a tachi with design of paulownia crests  Gotô School. Mfa Boston 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/IW-89-TACHI-Tsuba-of-KATANA/223580335414?hash=item340e6d2d36:g:s2oAAOSwASBdJDTs 

Chinese fake!

A Mino school Shakudo - Bonhams auctions.

[Higo-san]

Bruno

 

by using some Japanese kanji (Mino Tsuba = 美濃 鍔), you can find plenty of pictures via Google - like this one:

 

https://blog.goo.ne.jp/tsuba_001/e/ff2d0e3ed1555c36fc0147c62b29aac2

 

Best

 

Chris

[SalaMarcos]

My guess is that if has a dai seppa, maybe could be Gôto work, but if its carved on the hira, I bet for Edo - Mino.

[Kurikata]

Thank you Sala Marcos for your insight. My tsuba is carved and their is no dai seppa which are  separately added. As a conclusion there is a large tendency to consider this tsuba as Mino.