Jean

My guess is late Muromachi

I think the hi have been added later. What is the blade nagasa? Could be late Muromachi (16th century) Bizen.

Ian, concerning the hi, it is a gut feeling. I have seen a lot of hi and this one makes me feel uneasy, it takes time to carve futasuji hi, (there are seen mainly on koto blades, Nambokucho, short ones in the first part of Muromachi). Why carve futasuji hi on a low quality tired blade. BTW, all these info can be found in Nihonto books, buy the Nakayama Kokan, the Connoisseur book of Japanese sword. You will learn from it. have look on the futasuji hi of this Tametsugu blade:

Sorry but pictures are really bad, Nothing can really be said on the hada, same for hamon. I dislike the Hi, they are not as the ones used in this period. From my friend’s book (Markus Sesko) Japanese sword smiths, there is no smith with this kanji (tsune) in Muromachi period. Usually, in post Oei period, smiths used nagamei. Exception are scarce and often the swords were dated.

A topic I started years ago. forget green paper. No new certificates=no certificates

I read the news on facebook yesterday and was deeply moved. I met him on NMB a few years ago as he was the first one willing to buy one of my Gokaden sword. It was the Yamato one. It had two sayagaki, one by Honma Junji the other one by Tanobe Michihiro both kanteiing it to Hosho school. I had it passed NBTHK shinsa and it came back as Tegai. It was surprising taking into account it was pure masame. When he got it, Jeremiah has it sent back to Japan for TH shinsa. With Mike Y. Help, it came back as TH Hosho!!!! We discussed blades at length and his cancer. Till the end , he was sure he would win his war against cancer. He was a great guy, RIP my friend😢

I wish, it were possible…

Grev, Buyers can always sell they don’t want to keep and keep the ones they like. Individual prices won’t be cheap. For example, the Echizen kinai which is mint with a scarcely seen design had a sister one which was sold last year at auction in Paris for 1000 €. Anyway, if necessary, individual pictures are available. I shall post it on Facebook groups. I can always send them to a friend which is a dealer. if someone is ready to buy 3 or 4 of them at a FAIR price why not. My problem is that at the Post Office, it takes at least two hours to send a tsuba abroad . I am not ready to spend that time taking into account they are not mine ( 2x12=24hours) 🙂

Some of these tsuba are signed a few pictures of the lacquered box payment by PayPal, using friend/relative. S+H on top

I still have for sale 12 tsuba, I intend to sell them in bulk, no discount, final price. They will be send packed in a lacquered box featuring fans. One of them, an Echizen Kinai tsuba is mint. There is also a tanto/wakizashi tsuba size which has some golden part missing on the Mimi. Total value 2500€, more or less 208€ per tsuba, not taking into account the lacquered box

Fantastic Chris, and a splendid sayagaki👍

FYI, Robert is the one from whom I got my Ryokai Juyo and who found a papered koshirae for it with a fantastic wooden lacquered tsuba. And furthermore he is a good friend which is the most important.

Edward, when I indicate someone it is because he is top. Both have access to Japanese top craftsmen who can even get you Juyo kodogu items provided you have the bucks😄😃.

You can try Robert Hughes at Keichodo or Paul Martin

Sold

On hold

Sorry, Chris, I have totally forgotten to put it. It is 600€ + postage (around 30€)

This is an original Myochin tsuba, fantastic iron. asking price on eBay for this kind of tsuba. https://www.ebay.com...r=artemis&media=COPY 7cm x 6,4 cm price 600€ + postage…(30€)

During last WE at our French Token several tsuba were already sold, among them the ko Tosho, and the jewel one. the following tsuba are very good. Tsuba n°1 - price: 600€ Echizen tsuba. I have never seen the like in 20 years 7,2 x 7,2 cm Iron, deep rich black colour shells design I am leaving Paris from June 20th till August 1st - no shipment during my holidays😄

More info on the maker according the Wakayama in 3 volumes: his given date is around 1775 and as his school is directly issued from the AKASAKA school, he is worthy being in the Kinko Meikan where he is rated RYU KO ( a best among the best)

Thanks my friend. I show it this morning at my Flyfishing club to Marc Broquin and here is his answer after looking in his book: YUCHIKUDO NISHIKAWA MASATORA First tsubako/master of SUNAGAWA school, school issued from AKASAKA school. Now, I don’t know his rating

Before posting the batch of tsuba in the sale section, I need a translation of this mei and info on the tsubako

@Keichodo will do it also

Thanks a lot Geraint. In fact, it is the only tsuba where I could decipher the mei. Most of signed tsuba pictured have very faint/worn mei.

Plus the lacquer box with fans in which they were.