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Would you class Naomichi as a member of the Ichinomiya school, being the son and student of Ichinomiya Norinao?

Looks to be Naomichi, Tetsugendo school

All, Thank you for your responses, a couple of options to further explore. Dale, I'll take a look at that thread.

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I've been trying to identify the school for this one, a common theme of tea ceremony utensils. Dimensions below: Shape: Nagamaru-gata Mimi: Maru-mimi Height: 69.5mm Width: 65.5mm Mimi thk: 4.65mm Seppa dai thk: 4.85mm Nakago ana: 23mm x 7mm I thought possibly Choshu or Kinai but not too sure, hence the question. At one point I even thought Akasaka but I don't think it's a theme this school would have used. Any thoughts welcome.

All, Thank you for your responses, these have given me food for thought. On reflection I agree with Dirk and Florian the theme is around rice planting. Florian's picture of the farmers in the paddy field certainly rings with the design on the front, with three farmers on the left and two on the right, with the small gold vertical inlays the actual rice plants (although not the normal uniform planting). This may also account for the horizontal carvings in each quadrant on the front, representing the water in the paddy field. Similar on the back. The pole and flags may well be a simple scare crow! Your thoughts and insights are very much appreciated.

I recently purchased this tsuba and whilst the mei is a standard Kaneie I believe it's probably an Aizu Shoami copy in the 'style' of Kaneie. What I'm unable to figure out is the theme of the tsuba. It looks to be a group of stylised people on the front either side of a path or road, with possibly trees? On the reverse, again it appears to be groups of people near a path or road but this time there is a pole with ropes with flags/banners? on it. I thought possibly a Shinto festival but a search hasn't revealed anything that looks similar. I may be well off but your thoughts would be most welcome. Dimensions: H: 70.0mm W: 69.0mm Mimi: 3.75mm Seppa dai: 4.35mm One small piece of inlay missing on the back at 5 o'clock but interestingly the original left a gap in the inlay for the seppa here.

Hi Brian, I could ship internationally but need to check costs to US, I don't think there's any export charges this but not sure about customs your side of the pond. Just checked approx. £20 to ship internationally

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For sale an iron Akasaka style Yatsuhashi tsuba, with unusual hammer finish (ishime-ji or arashi-ji), not corrosion. Asking £150 + shipping. Details below: Maru-gata Maru mimi H: 75mm W: 75mm Mimi: 6.1mm Seppa dai: 6.45mm Nakago-ana: 25.5mm x 7.5mm

Just a short note to say thanks to Grev for an excellent service. The tsuba I purchased, posted yesterday and arrived today, securely packed. A pleasure, as always to deal with,

This one from Artur Drogameicza was posted on Facebook yesterday. Very similar, almost identical.

Thanks again Dale.

I had a read of Malcolm Coxs' reference guide on Kinai, which very useful. I'm more inclined to say Kinai, with possible Shoami influence. Will look further into which of the two Kinai families it could be attributed to.

Hi Dale, thanks, I hadn't seen this, very similar. Will try copy the images for the record.