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Hi, the image on the saya looks to be a water dragon, see tsuba below. The tsuba you show possible late edo Aizu Shoami or Mito school. Possibly autumn flowers.

Hi Daniel, I would also say Kaneie style by Aizu Shoami. I have a tsuba with a very similar composition to yours. Height: 77mm Width: 71mm Mimi thk: 4.05mm Seppa dai thk: 3.5mm

Thanks Dale, very useful reference.

Hi Mauro, Yes I see where you are coming from, old post below attributed to Aizu Shoami.

Thanks Dale, butterfly seems appropriate given the flowers 😊. I wondered if the punch marks were from a specific tool on the tsuba I have, as they seem to be made from a single blow? There are slight nuances with each one.

Thanks both.

Hi, As mentioned in the Tomotsuru thread I picked up this small, what I think is Nara school, tsuba, maybe Ko or Mito? I believe the theme is autumn flowers, akakusa, with the moon over clouds. Dimensions: 62mm X 59mm 4mm at Mimi, 3.3mm at seppa dai I like the symmetrical tagane around the nakago ana.

Hi Dale, Yes, it's the same one. I bought it second time round. I passed on it during the live auction for the very reason you say that the image was poor but having received another small Nara tsuba from the same auction, which turned out to be much better than the image projected I regretted not bidding on it. The Tomotsuru came up again on an online bidding auction from the same auctioneer a week or so later, all the items that hadn't sold first time. I put a bid in and won, happy days!!

Sorry Brian I tried to upload from my phone!!! New images attached now.

Hi Dale, That's useful, thanks. The reason I ask is because I picked up the tsuba below from a recent auction. The signature is faint and I wanted to compare, but not a well known documented artist.

Thanks Dale, I was rather hoping you may have something.

Good evening, I looking to see if any members have an image of Tomotsuru tsuba work, including signature? According Haynes, H 10162.0, he was the son of the sword smith Kinmichi and worked 1800 - 25. There is apparently an illustration in the Hawkshaw catalogue, lot 1241, plate 18 on page 78, but I don't have a copy of this and can't find it on-line. Any help would be appreciated.

Could be Tetsugendo Seiryūken?

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Second Kunihiro, description below: School: Kunihiro 2 Signature: Kunihiro Style: Nadamaru-gata, kaku-mimi ko-niku Subject: Plain Material: Iron Size: 68.5mm x 64mm x 5.3mm 26mm x 6.5mm nakago-ana Price: £70 + shipping If purchased together with first £110 + shipping.

Dear members, My next offerings are a couple of Kunihiro tsuba, description of first below: School: Kunihiro 1 Signature: Kunihiro Style: Nadekaku-gata, kaku-mimi ko-niku Subject: Plain Material: Iron Size: 63mm x 59.5mm x 5mm 28.5mm x 8mm nakago-ana Price: £50 + shipping If purchased together £110 + shipping

Second tsuba for today: School: Soten Signature: Mogarashi Nyudo SotenSei Goshu Hikone Ju Style: Maru-gata, Kaku koniku mimi Subject: Li Bai viewing the waterfall on Mount Lu Material: Iron, silver and gold zogane Size: 81mm x 80mm x 5.5mm 29mm x 9mm nakago-ana Price: £95 + shipping

Hi Simon, Nice Tsuba, I do like the design. I have a similar one that I attributed to 8th generation Akasaka, Tadatoki. It’s smaller than yours, 59mm x 59mm and 4mm thick and has some mokume folds. All the best Colin

Could be WW2? I have a similar plain mokko-gata steel tsuba that came on a civilian mounted showato blade. Looks like it has been mounted with the shadow of the seppa visible.

Hi Florian and Jean, Thanks for your comments, I will study further. I agree looking at it again the sharpness of the cut outs make it younger than at first glance. Many thanks

Hi Soren, Thanks for the response. You are correct the reference books I've looked at do state that the hitsu-ana tend to be asymmetrical. I'd like to hear from the experts as well. Thanks again.

Dear NMB, A little help please. I picked this tsuba up recently and whilst not great condition I thought it had an air of Ko-Akasaka and worth investigation, tsuba dimensions below: Maru-gata Maru-gata mimi H: 74.5mm W: 73mm Mimi: 7.2mm Seppa dai: 6.1mm Nakago-ana: 27mm x 9mm What drew me to it was the narrow, relatively pointed seppa dai, possible early saya shape and it seems to have a classic Akasaka thick maru gata mimi. Seems to show engraved leaves and clouds?, not sure what the two pointed sukashi elements are with dots and carving to either side of the hitsu-ana, I'm sure I've seen this somewhere else but can't think where? Any help and thoughts would be appreciated?

Thanks Curran.