Spartancrest

Ok . . . 230,000 - but I bet it gets pulled again - these guys are going for big bickies! For you non Aussies. informal•Australian a large sum of money.

An older thread but I just found this Hamidashi tsuba converted to a netsuke - cat with a catfish [menuki?] attached. https://www.jauce.com/auction/f1147577760

Peter there are a lot of strange hands and fingers. But they usually belong to Oni - Priest hands are usually more "normal"

This is the matching tsuba. The dots are a dead giveaway!

Very nice sword, I really like the two fan menuki - the Gunbai is particularly large. Worth a closeup if you can manage it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunbai

I think the tsuba represents "Hanshan" [Chinese] - "Kanzan" in Japanese. He is often depicted reading a large scroll. Normally he is accompanied by his sidekick "Shide"[ Chinese] - "Jittoku" [Japanese] who usually carries a broom. It is possible the daisho to your tsuba may have had Jittoku on it- ? I think your guard is late Edo and has been mounted - though not more than once or twice. An example of Jittoku from another post https://education.as...de-approx-1500-1625/ https://www.worthpoi...an-jittoku-wakizashi

Just getting back to Justyn's original post image I found a mokko version [unfortunately very worn] https://www.jauce.com/auction/e1149723226

Where would the horses head be when this was mounted? Half the mane would be covered by a seppa. https://www.jauce.com/auction/n1149520508 Some evidence it was mounted on the ura side.

There is a colour image of this Gold pocket watch case used as a tsuba but I can't lay my hands on it right now.

I used the cheat sheet - https://tsubakansho.com/2019/06/07/yagyu/ and https://sword-auctio...unbthk-hozon-tosogu/

The subject has been well covered in the past but good to see renewed interest. https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/34262-edo-period-christian-themed-tsuba/ https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/19732-new-article-about-christian-tsuba/ https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/45516-help-with-christian-tsuba/ Still scratching my head to see this series of guards as "Christian"? https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/13261-beautiful-christian-tsuba/ Secret compartment tsuba with Christian symbol hidden within - just don't rattle the sword!

I drop the two images of a fantastic habaki over from https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/49606-collecting-tsuba-seems-addictive-how-many-do-you-have-on-how-many-years/page/2/#comments Dated 8/20/2024 [or as we non Americans would write 20/8/2024] The habaki is a part of koshirae which comes with two opinions: 1. By "all-American old school shinsa of tsuba and tosogu": in suite mainline Goto, too unusual to be more specific, custom order. 2. By an "honorary Russian shinsa of crafts and blades": a combinations of pieces, all by different Goto makers. Only one piece he identified as early mainline Goto, the rest in his opinion are three (!) different generations of lesser skill.

Daikon theme- they can be represented as long and slender or short and round this one in the MFA Boston https://collections.mfa.org/objects/11846 Metropolitan museum of art https://www.metmuseu...lection/search/34367 https://www.bonhams....ctions/16021/lot/77/ Is this your example? https://ginza.choshu..._3350/3334/k3334.htm "Kabu ni Hamaguri" (Turnip and Clams) The copper base is carved into a beveled corner and finished with a leather-like grain, and the tsuba features highly engraved turnips and clams. These two themes, which are in season in spring, are incredibly refreshing. The turnip, shining white with silver painting, is depicted realistically, and the large, spreading turnip leaves are expressed in minute detail. The back features a depiction of flowing clouds and flowing water with clams.

A bargain basement Hirata - not an odawara fukurin [as the seller claims] but a nawame one, https://www.jauce.com/auction/f1149144492 I honestly don't think it will sell very cheaply but I don't see any papers with it - make of that what you will.

https://www.christie...n/en/lot/lot-5047098 http://www.ncjsc.org...iya_nagatsune_fk.htm same artist? not sure.

plenty of cats here:

Great collection in my opinion. I spotted your interesting habaki I think Bruce Pennington would love to see a bigger image over on this thread Kirill?

This is a little off subject - but why tamper with existing "Art"? Lowering the background then rough punch marks [You might have thought they were drill marks] - Why do this? Looks like they didn't like the results and gave up - - too late! ?

A ducky little dish: https://www.jauce.com/auction/k1148885939

They just need a bigger hammer! This one would make no difference even if you did want to rotate it. Could the original example have been something else to start with? An Obidome for instance?

Might be easier for people to visualise with an image.

Not a 90 degree turn like Justyn's but there must be a few with a 180? From the François Poncetton Collection sale of June 12th 1929 86. Tsuba in Iron, round, silver damascened: 106 mm x 106 mm. Horse lying down. Kano painting style. Workshops of damasceners in the province of Hizen. 17th century. From the Henri L. Joly sale, 1921, n° 45. Reproduced in Japanese Sword Guards, by M.F.P., pl. XXXIX n° 140. Pierre Barboutau collection 1903 no. 981

That guard appeared in a thread: see date June 25th 2022

Sri Lankan hair pins https://www.metmuseu...lection/search/90207