Kurikata

Thank you Steve for your strong support.

Thank you gentlemen Thank you Jean and John to have open a door with "Haru". The way kanji are pronounced make the reading quite tricky... Thank you Steve to have found the "correct" tsubashi. In fact I have recognized in Haynes the right person with signature 柳川春秋-> H 00766.0 Steve, would you kind enough to copy me the page Wakayama page 264?

Thank you Mauro, I don not see any 春秋 - Shunjū, in my books and even, if the theme of the tsuba might be "Spring and Autumn" I hardly consider that an artist would have taken such a name. Especially with a kaho behind. Gimei protentially ? but why to have choosen such an unknow artist name ? More questions than answers......

Hello, I need some help for the second Kanji - I guess first Kanji is Shun. Would it be Shunjyu & Kao ? Than you for your help Bruno

And another Yamakichibei of mine as apparently each collection should have one......

Hi , I remember Grey having sold on similar.... (http://www.japaneseswordbooksandtsuba.com/store/tsuba-%26-kodogu/t225-owari-or-satsuma-tsuba) You have a very nice one ! Cheers

Thank you Peter and Franco. Those are good exemples. Cheers

Hi, does someone one has mei exemples in Wakayama or Kinko Meikan of Omori Masahide? Would you be kind enough to provide them to me ? Thank you

As in the good old times......

Thank you again Steve. No reference in Haynes neither. This Yūryūsai Masahiro will continue of being a mystery to me. Thank you again Bruno

First of all you should sign (Al?) your post to be identified as this forum rules states...... Nevertheless your tsuba is in very poor conditions with a lot of inclusion missing with heavy read rust. It is a heianjo or onin school tsuba Bruno

Can someone translate 勇龍齊 ? Thank you Bruno

Thank you steve, Could he be Kakuryuken Masahiro ( Shoro Masahiro) ? Probably not.....

Hello, I have this tsuba in my collection, which is signed Masahiro. Can someone give me information on which Masahiro would it be to consider in this case ? Thank you Bruno

Spanish influence, Chinese influence ? your guess?

My favorite currently due to 2016 Monkey year....

Mr Samsonsen, I like this tsuba very much and you did a great purchase. We can imagine that fuchi/kashira themes was "chidori" trying to escape this sea eagle......

Hi, Just as an information, a part of a well know Italian collection (Stibbert Museum) will be in Sarasota at Rinling Museum in the coming weeks: http://www.srqmagazine.com/srq-daily/2016-01-14/3312_A-Tactile-History-of-Samurai-Japan Cheers

Small correction: Wat Buddhapadipa is in London and is the first Buddhist temple in the United Kingdom, established by the London Buddhist Temple Foundation based on Thai Buddhism rules

Gordon, I found this explanation visiting a Buddhist Thai Temple site (http://www.buddhapadipa.org/dhamma-corner/no-shortcut/) No ShortcutWe human beings don’t want to go to any trouble. When we want something, we like to have it without making an effort. It is impossible to have things without making an effort as we know from life. What we want can only be gained through a lot of effort. There is no shortcut for getting things. There is a story told by Ajahn Jayasaro which provides a good example of this. Here is the story: There was a man who was hungry. When he walked past a bread shop, he bought a bread roll and ate it. The first roll did not satisfy his hunger, so he had to buy a second one. The second one did not fill him up either, so he had to buy a third, a fourth, a fifth, and a sixth. But he was still hungry, so he bought a seventh one, and then the seventh one took away his hunger. He said to himself, "If I had known that the seventh bread roll would have filled me up, I would have bought it and eaten it first!"

Sorry for being late in reverting to you. Might be the signature of Kudo Enju from Kaga province who died in 1875.....

Thank you Jpelkazooka for you assessment on my tsuba. Can you please develop elements which make you see and think that this tsuba is "false"? Coming to "the worst ever seen" aspect, I cannot discuss it as everybody's taste is respectfull. More seriously, can someone give me information on the YUKIYAMA schools as Mauro has opened a door I am ready to go through.....?

Thank you Mauro, I did not know this specific school. Do you have some information on it ? Do you have pictures of other tsuba from this school (Google results are very poor when keeing Yukiyama (雪山) Thank you Bruno

Thank you John and Franco. My feelings wouls tend to Mito school too. But I wanted to benefit from "better" eyes. Thanks again Bruno

Mr Samsonsen, can you provide a full picture of the Tsuba ? Form , style, are indicators too. Thank you Bruno