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And it looks like it is not far from losing a boulder as well

You guys do this for FUN? - [I am totally in awe - I am also totally dyslexic when it comes to reading Japanese!] Thank you all so much for the effort!

Information on the theme and other examples of tsuba found here:

Uwe, I think 3 is "Soju Chokumura" Soten school? Number 6 - could it be Kamiyoshi school? One like it in the Compton Collection.

Welcome Jay, you should find plenty of information on Kunihiro tsuba in these threads. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/394955466723

A museum collection has a sample of tsuba that have no translations - I was hoping to send that information so it might be available for the future. Any assistance is very welcome.

That's not an Ox - it's a Jersey!!

What significance does only a partial outline have? [image is very overexposed, the metal is Yamagane] other is from Amazon [Obious copy of the Umetada design] http://nihonto.us/UMETADA TSUBA A.htm A classic Umetada chrysanthemum and a sukashi flower through a amida yasuri plate. Granular tekotsu. 7.5 cm x 7.43 cm x 5.4 mm.

https://uk.pinterest.../800796377483681651/ https://collections.mfa.org/objects/13540 ebay and Yahoo auctions - modern

Strangely enough I was talking to a friend about the same tsuba that he was interested in [he didn't get in quick enough!] I thought the guard might be Tempo/Tenpo/ Tembo [however you like to spell it ] Tempo tend to be more random with their hammer work though and the folding is anything but random on your piece. Another possibility is it could be Myochin like this pair. Myochin like thick bold designs https://www.ebay.com/itm/375810906638

It happened to me in Nara - I can never go back to that antique shop again! [You should never ask if the salesman has any "old spit" for sale ]

I thought this was already the site for "New Age Tsubaology"? Why do you think I wear the silly hat! Don't even ask about the tsuba - it is definitely cast!!!!

I love those folded edges, I have one myself, but the plate is rather thin and just doesn't have that heft to it that Dee's purchase looks to have. Heck if I had the money I would have gotten both! PS I only paid half the catalogue price for mine.

I should have gone with Egyptian hieroglyphics or Mayan but drawing the pictures by hand is a pain.

Hey Brian, sorry to hear you have not been at the top of your game, hope you are feeling better for the next year. I just had a thought this thread could do with a retitle "Latest acquisition - More downvotes!" And around and around we go on the children's roundabout - never actually getting anywhere but lots of squabbling over who is sitting in front! PS. Dee - no point posting bad comments in foreign languages, one click away from google translate for all the members to plainly see! It isn't helping! How is your Jules Verne?

[Geez I am showing my own age with the references I use! ]

https://www.mandarin...y/kiyou-toujin-tsuba https://jssus.org/2018V50_2_Namban.html https://www.bonhams....an-tsuba-edo-period/

Michael another "man and his dog" example also from the Edward Wrangham collection. That one sold for £2,280 also back in 2010

https://www.the-sale...7c-a757-b18b0108f44a Well Michael the one you found is far superior to this one and you will find this one in one of the worlds biggest Museums - The V&A https://collections..../item/O462106/tsuba/ This similar piece sold back in 2010 for £840. Part of the Edward Wrangham collection. There was yet another of the same design recently with a red copper flag but I can't lay my hands on that image yet.

Yoko Ono melons Could be banded hair ties? It is Happy hour somewhere in the world

I spotted years ago that there is a music group called TSUBA - I have not heard any of their music but they have had several albums. [I think it is "Techno - dance music" not for my generation ] https://soundcloud.c...tsuba/popular-tracks Who knows it might be something to listen to in the background while you sort your collection out Tsuba obidome https://www.jauce.com/auction/s1166269234

There were a few FEMALE tsubaco getting about! [may not have had a Husband ]

http://nihonto.us/MOKUME DM141.htm carved woodgrain [mokume] https://galeriasavar...apanese-sword-tsuba/ a "square" version with very close elements. Not uncommon to see the same design on differently shaped tsuba [these two I think are Shoami - as I have a daisho signed Shoami Kanenori with identical carved flower motifs and nunome]