Kurikata

Hi, I purchased this tsuba recently which is similar in design (Tsurigane - 釣り鐘) with one in Sasano's "early Japanese sword guards - page 116". Would you consider mine a Kanatyama school too ? Thank you for your views.

Similar one:https://www.ebay.com/itm/Large-Antique-Japanese-Tsuba-Iron-Flower-Leaves-Edo-Katana-Koshirae-Sword-Guard/254135240545?hash=item3b2ba40761%3Ag%3A7uEAAOSwhr5a2M80&LH_Auction=1

Nice tsuba anyway

I am with Mauro

Similar daisho from my collection

Another one, same style and school on EBay : https://www.ebay.com/itm/Heianjo-tenpo-Tsuba-Japan-Samurai-snow-crystal-brass-inlay-Sword-fitting-katana/173785219334?hash=item2876680106%3Ag%3AxPQAAOSwLXFcXnSC&LH_Auction=1

Thank you Mauro for your interest in my tsuba. Once more a shoami tsuba....

Hi, I have little idea about a school. Could it be higo ? Your views please.`....

A variation mix of heianjo zogan . No idea about the school....In my opinion the suaka plugs are original to the tsuba.

agreed. No good reason for that price but the collection name (Lecuir collection). The vast majority of the tsuba sold that day were over priced.

Stephen, a printed list is not available anymore. As I attended the sale, I have all prices noted in my catalogue. Should you want a price at hammer for any of the 109 tsuba sold that day, please ask. The Kiami tsuba N° 99 has been sold at 1300 € (hammer price)

From an auction in France in 2012 (from a very famous old french collection ) :https://piasa.auction.fr/_fr/lot/nagamaru-gata-en-fer-3594027

and to continue with a kozuka.....

Thank you both of you

Hello, I need some help. The signature reads KIMURA TOMO NAGA to me from the 4 first Kanji (木村友長). But what a bout the last Kanji ? Toshi ? Thank you Bruno

Luca, I join a pictures of the mimi which looks similar to yours. Definitively both tsuba are from the same school/influence and I would also be very interested in having a theme description. When I purchased mine, the sole description was "Heianjo". Let see in someone can give a clue.... Cheers

Hi Luca, just as a a mater of comparison.... But mine has no paper.....

Anyway, a great thank you for all your comments and analysis. I didn't expect this tsuba to go throughout the new 2019 year.

Dear all, first of all thank you for your very kind comments. @Steven: you have such a sharp eye to distinguish this ruyi scepter! I know that when we come to cross and christian symbols, all interpretations are possible. @Fred: I do not see any "Fleur de Lys" in this cross. Any way the "Fleur de Lys" symbol means either a Royal French Crest or the Virgin Marie in the catholic religion.... very far from Japan, even jesuits (portuguese) influence @Grev: Please provide a picture of your tsuba as you have heightened my interest in it. Anyway : "TRES BONNE ET HEUREUSE ANNEE A TOUS LES AMATEURS DE TOSOGU" Bruno

Hi everybody, I purchased this namban tsuba recently because it had a very nice mimi and no kozuka and kogai ana. Looking at the design (monkeys, gumbai etc... ) I discovered a cross at the top of it. Do you think i might be a Christian cross or is it a family mon ? Thank you for your views on it. Bruno

Thanks Uwe for this proposal.It is certainly the closest link with a referenced tsuba ko. Garyô=Masayoshi=Yasuchika VI (Haynes 11109) . But the two last kanji (雋之) remain a mystery to me.

Dear All, thank you for your efforts, but I have not found a tsuba maker with these names: - Gasekichun (Steve) - Yasuka Kazuyuki (John) - Yasuyuki Yashiro (Google translation) Very interesting to discover that the translation of 雋之 is "SUNSET" in English

Thank you Uwe and Piers . 雅良 reads Masayoshi but I cannot find any Masa Yoshi with such Kanji in Haynes. And what about the other Kanji ? I will investigate further more/. Merry Christmas to everybody Bruno

Hi, I hardly decipher this signature. Can someone help ? Thank you Bruno

Well done. I like the way the print of the tsuba is integrated in the plate. It will be probably more complex with a kiku gata tsuba ????