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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.

Thanks all for your comments. I did think Kinai at one point.

Dear NMB, I've had this tsuba for a short time and have been studying it to identify a school. My thoughts are between Kyo-sukashi or Heianjo-sukashi. Whilst these school are very closely linked I'm leaning more to Heianjo. Would welcome any expert thoughts please? Details of tsuba below, with a couple of images: Aoi or hollyhock design Maru-gata Kaku mimi ko-niku H: 78mm W: 78mm Mimi: 5.01 - 5.45mm Seppa dai: 4.75mm (Nakabiku) Nakago-ana: 27mm x 8mm

Hi Adam, Nice Tembo tsuba, I have a very similar one, size 86mm x 80mm, image below: My research indicates the mimi is maru with uchi-kaeshi at four corners, Saotome style carved rim. If you search 'hot stamps' in the NMB you should be able to identify the ones on your tsuba.

Hi, A recent purchase from a local auction house. A Heianjo piece unfortunatley almost all of the hira zogan has gone except for some very minute pieces and the karigane on the spokes of what I believe is a 24 spoke wheel, but it would have been very nice when first made. The zogan extends over the mimi but most of this has worn away. The hitsu ana looks to be plugged with lead. Shows the level of work that has gone into produce the inlay. The Buddist symbolism of the piece I think relates to Ashoka? H: 82mm W: 79.5mm Mimi: 5.4mm Seppa dai: 4.50mm (Nakabiku) Nakago-ana: 28mm x 8mm There is a similar piece in the Jameel Centre - http://jameelcentre..../7/10237/10344/20053 but is a chrysanthemum. Noted as 17th century. PS - it's not as bright as it looks in the images.

Hi, Selling this small tsuba, nice gold foil plugged hitsu-ana, dimensions: School: ? Signature: Mumei Style: Mokko-gata Subject: Amida yasurime Material: Iron Size: 65mm x 61mm x 2.8mm 26.5mm x 7.5mm nakago-ana Price: £50 + shipping

Hi, Selling this wisteria tsuba, dimensions below: Style: Maru-gata Subject: Wisteria, with silver and gold dew drops (some missing) Material: Iron Size: 68.5mm x 66mm x 4.5mm 27mm x 8mm nakago-ana Price: £50 + shipping

Thanks for your response David. Some newer images below that highlight the extent of the surface pitting but I think it's starting to look a lot better after a bit of rubbing. There is evidence of the original polished surface around the seppa dai and small areas across the whole tsuba (I think this is what Richard picked on as scaling from my first images). I like this piece even in this worn state and will hopefully consolidate from any further demise.

Thanks Jean and Florian, started the process of fussing with it. The tsuba on Paul's site is a very useful comparison.

Thanks for replying Richard. It may be the light that I used in taking the images, too artificial, that makes it look like scaling. There is a lot of surface corrosion, the smooth areas look more blackish. I've taken another image below in natural light, unfortunately not very sunny in Scotland today!

Hi, Looking for a bit of advice on this one I recently picked up. To me looks like a Tosho tsuba, possibly later Muramachi period, with I think the original hitsu ana? The design looks to be two geese through a door/window? The tsuba has a relatively even thickness of roughly 3mm, there is a very slight concave dip around the seppa dai on the omote side. It also looks to have had a polished finish originally, most of this now lost to surface corrosion, dimensions below: Height: 79mm Width: 78.5mm Mimi: 3.1mm Seppa dai: 3mm Nakago ana: 32mm x 8mm There is evidence of possibly mounting with tagane on both sides of the nakago ana, I also think there is a small tekkotsu on the rim, hopefully I've captured this in one of the images below. Would be good to hear of others views please?