Kurikata

Sold at a french auction march 11.

Yes indeed Mauro. In fact it is my third kozuka with the same topic! ( from Internet: Lovely scene of the warrior Kojima Takanori kneeling beneath a cherry tree, having just written a poem on a tree's trunk. Takanori was a loyal supporter of the exiled Emperor Go-Daigo, and attempted to rescue him while he was being transported to a remote location. The samurai was able to sneak into the camp, but could not reach the emperor, so according to legend, he carved a poem of encouragement in Chinese for the emperor on a cherry tree. In the morning, the guards found the poem but could not read Chinese, but the emperor could, and was heartened by the message. A shower of delicate petals falls down over him in the cool evening breeze, and a full moon glows softly overheard.)

Sorry to reopen such an old thread more than 13 years after the oldest post but I wanted to share this kozuka I recently purchased. It is signed Aki Masa [Haynes 00041.0].

Another joke today at a french auction: https://drouot.com/fr/l/32904861-tsuba-garde-de-katana-en-fonte-de-fer-avec-inclusions-en

One of mines with a Kogai ana cut in a shakudo plug of an original ana.....

Thank you so much Moriyama San

Thank you in advance for this yanone mei translation

275 euros or 320 US dollars is my new price.

Here it is......

Mine....

Sébastien, I' ll tend to see a Tengu on your kozuka[天狗].

Mark, welcome to NMB. Your tsuba design is a kamon (Family crest) - agehacho kamon [Taira Clan]

Robert, the iron used for this namban tsuba is really of poor quality as the majority of these end of 19th century tsuba. Difficult in fact from a single picture to determine the building process of it. Anyway I liked the mixt of dragon and juzu in quite a large pièce [8cm].

Unfortunatly, this tsuba I do own is not cast! [I invite you in France to verify]