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]

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.

Bump.....

To lighten the mood a bit, I'll tell you a story. In 1990, Dr. Sempé passed away, and his widow, fearing theft, hid his Andean archaeology collection, along with 70 tsuba and kozuka, behind a platform in their country house. Thirty-five years later, their daughter-in-law undertook renovations and rediscovered these completely forgotten collections. Naturally, all the tsuba and kozuka were corroded with numerous spots of red rust. Last Friday, I bought three of these tsuba at an auction. Here are photos of one of them before and after the cleaning I performed (washing with soapy water, scraping off the rust with bone, then lightly oiling). No corrosive products were used, of course

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@Curran: following your kind advice. After a Light cleansing....

Thank you very much for all your answers and your good advices. Mito school it is, as a conclusion!

Hi NMB experts, This mumei tsuba get some tanaka school features from my point of vew. Do you agree with me or do you see other influences ? Thank you

Hi, I am selling from my collection this superbe large heinjo tsuba with a rope patern and Tembo marks Price : € 300 / $ 350 plus shipping and potential payment fees Size: 9,25 cm / 8,47 cm /0,55 cm Nakago: 2,99 cm Weight: 177 grams Please contact me for any questions.

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