Spartancrest
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late reply - this shows some "extreme" tagane-ato https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/8666/ The tang of the blade would be very thin unless it represented fullers?
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Tsuba in everyday objects - the culture of Tsuba
Spartancrest replied to Spartancrest's topic in Tosogu
Kashira "Key chains" https://www.jauce.com/auction/e1218491451 I think the owls expression is resigned shock! [Can you imagine the damage caused by a set of keys rubbing against these!] Something like these saucers has been seen before: https://www.jauce.com/auction/o1189151587
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I do like the quality of the display fabric, very Wabi-sabi or 汚れた雑巾 Kegareta zōkin?
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Thank goodness they don't make gold lips or you wouldn't be able to use a straw!
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But UGLY goes clear to the bone! - Dorothy Parker
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With the price of gold now - I am considering melting down my wedding ring! [Heck, she won't notice!]
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Reading a copy of the "Times"?
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Unsigned Soten - very unusual - I think I agree with Piers. Hikone-bori.
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To confuse the matter, even when the tagane-ato have been punched and spread the metal into the nakago-ana in order to fit a particular blade, it is also possible that the metal could be filed back in order to fit a THICKER blade. This will result in heavy tagane-ato marks but little to no metal spread into the hole. Fitting a tsuba to a new blade therefore works both ways.
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One category Tim missed, * Weird. I have changed my collection preference to Kawari-gata - this can of course involve most if not all of the other categories that Tim has listed.
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Kabuto/Maedate kamon? Kuwagata Kamon?
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Three eyed snake?
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Someone will have a better notion than me - but the shape of the seppa-dai suggests Hizen? Namban influence but made in Japan. Seriously nice piece!
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Auction Catalogue : "The Art and Symbolism of the Samurai Sword Fittings"
Spartancrest replied to davel's topic in Tosogu
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https://www.jauce.com/auction/v1172904922 back again from 19th April 2022 - [https://www.jauce.com/auction/f1048239985] where it sold for nearly half the new asking price. https://www.jauce.com/auction/d1216400857 sword rack/Kake https://www.jauce.com/auction/c1215355128
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I can see where the Yagyu vibe comes from - Yagu often have that half melted [yakite] look to them. But I don't know enough to say it is.
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Tanaka also seem to have a predominance of Kuchi-beni (口紅) [though not all]
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These are often described as "Abalone" design most are not signed and as you already speculate, a signature by Nobuie is likely gimei. The tsuba is featured in the movie "Ichi" - blind swordswoman 2008, image is poor resolution [how is that for trivia ] https://www.ebay.com/itm/296923445362
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Happened to me years back, sword blade way out of polish [may have had one more polish left in it and some minor chips] but the tsuba was very fine nanako in iron with lined udenuki-ana. Stripped the tsuba off and sold the blade for the overall price I had paid. $800 from memory - I still love the tsuba. I guess my point is the same as Curren's - sometimes the fittings are superior to the blade and may never have been part of the "original" Koshirae.
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Thank you all very much for your help - This truly is a weird guard [I have shown it long ago] It has two "prongs?" that project out in front like european sword breakers - just weird, so right up my alley
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Can anyone translate the mei? Many thanks in advance.
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Welcome Ryan. Number one - tentatively [poor image] Ko-kinko - Two - obviously sukashi but not sure of the school. It is "tsuba" for both single and multiple tsuba. Interesting time warp back to 2013 - how do I get a ticket?
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Advice on simple but unusual tsukashi design please.
Spartancrest replied to Hector's topic in Tosogu
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/205749037590 Something similar? The one you are looking at is cheaper and better in my opinion - no idea what the theme is but another in Sasano's book 212. page 272 says Shimizu and described as "Butterflies"? [It is not particularly close in design though]
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One thing missing from most Soten tsuba battle scenes - the lack of blood splatter!
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Kosyu Hikone Jyu Mogarashi Nyudo SOTEN Sei Goshu/Kosyu Hikone Ju (江州彦根住): "Resident of Hikone, Omi Province (Goshu)". Mogarashi Nyudo Soten Sei (藻柄子入道宗典製): "Made by Mogarashi Nyudo Soten".
