Kurikata

Thank you Piers and Dale. A second league guy in the Ishiguro tradition I guess.

Hi, I have a kozuka signed : 石黒東南 do you have such an artist in your books? Thank you.

Piers, you are so fast ! A great thank you ! Thank you also John.. I know that it is so complexe to decypher those kanji...

Hello, Dear NMB experts can you please translate this kozuka signature? I can read "Moto" only. Thank you

@GRC: thank you for your appraisal , Glen, but all tekkozu on my tsuba make me think it is pre-edo [easy for me as I have it in hands] @Spartancrest: as usuel, Dale, tou bring materials for further studies. Thank you so much.

Hi, I have purchased this so called "Ko Katchushi" tsuba at a flea Market in Tokyo and was wondering if it dated from Momoyama or Muromachi aera? What are your views? Thanks

Seen on Haynes

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]

Thank you all of you for your kind comments.

I recently purchased this namban tsuba representing dragons within what I guess being juzu (boudhist rosary). Do you agree with me ? Thank you for your views.