Munetsugu

Thanks Ray! Thank you. Hmm very strange, I have purchased them and paid for them😆 the ebay ad which Ray noted has been taken down so fingers crossed all is ok.. I said to Ray that I'm sure a few people have listed it trying to skim money off the top of the sale as always happens with yahoo auctions and ebay etc when it comes to. Japanese tosogu/nihonto. Fingers crossed its not a scam or something wrong, seller has thousands of positive feedback so 🤞😁 I hope I receive them as I love the FK set..

Wondered if anyone can tell me anything else or any more of the mei inscription? I've bought these thinking they were made by someone else then got told they are tomoyoshi!😁 So hopefully a good buy Ray very kindly deciphered the mei to Matsugetsudo Tomoyoshi + Kao but I was wondering.. is that all the characters? Or is there any more to learn from it? Or does anyone have any information about the Smith? (asking as my Japanese reading ability is about 0% and I don't want to bug ray..😆) Thank you!

Thank you😁

Good evening! Another one of my recent acquisitions I bought this from a good friend I've met local to me. Signed: Yasutaka A Lovely quality Yasutaka shibuichi carved and inlayed tsuba featuring birds (Japanese sparrow?), bamboo, river and flowers (Japanese Peony?). I believe around the 18th-19thC Would be interested to hear if anyone has any information on the Smith or tsuba. Cheers

Cheers to both of you yeah the carvings are very precise on it, one of the best and crispest I've personally seen in hand for sure 😁

Thanks for the input, yes that is the one😁 and yeah I've heard that too regarding the numbers.. Funnily enough I have another nice quality tsuba with numbers stamped in to it which I believe came from a museum. I'm guessing to catalogue pieces and would make it a lot easier to identify if anything was stolen.. It is a shame but hey, wouldn't make any difference if it was mounted the same way you wouldn't be able to see the mei. I've got another nice tsuba with numbers stamped in to it, here's a pic.. It's a Hamano school - Masayuki

Afternoon Another one of my recent acquisitions. I bought this from a good friend I've met local to me and its my favourite piece out of my collection even out of all my soft metal tsubas.. I love the design and the lovely crisp carvings😎 thought I'd share it incase anyone was interested in sunagawa pieces😁 Would be interested to hear if anyone has any information on the Smith or tsuba. Cheers

Hello all Thought I'd post a few of my recent acquisitions on here as I'm sure a few will appreciate them! This is my first proper posts outside the classified ads section so hello to everyone😁 I've been lurking on here for a while trying to learn from people's posts and the fantastic amount of information on here and have been collecting nihonto/tosogu since March last year. Finally built up what I think is a good start to my collection! 😁 Have met some great people since getting involved in to the hobby and bought this from a good friend I've met local to me. Would be interested to hear if anyone has any information on the Smith or tsuba. So far I have learnt what I believe to be correct: 19th century shibuichi tsuba, of oval form, in iroe-takazogan, inlaid in gilt and copper with Yoshitsuni on horseback playing the flute outside the house of his mistress, who sits inside playing the koto, mei signed as "Rakusuiken Toseiju" From memory I was told this exact tsuba is supposed to be mentioned in the Haynes Index of Japanese sword fittings under this smith although I need to double check this. This is an incredibly hard tsuba to get a good photo of, it's one of those which looks stunning in person and I just can't seem to replicate this in a photo😆 Cheers

They are both lovely😳 I wish I hadn't spent so much this month now😆

Thanks for your reply Steve appreciated Yeah this is where I'm also struggling, can't find much reference at all so it's a bit of a mystery to me hence posting it up on here😆 was sold to me as edo period.. 🤔 I need to get mote literature to help with the mei's..

Hello! First post since Christmas, hope everyone had a good one Have another tsuba arriving tomorrow and curious to try find out some more information about it, don't know anything about it but just quite liked the look of it and I've been given the name TAMEKUNI Saku which doesn't give me much information that I can see online.. That's if the mei translation is right? Would love to find out a bit more and possibly a rough date/what the theme is and I know there are some very knowledgeable people on here. I've attached some pictures. I've got a load more tsuba purchases I will upload tomorrow. Thank you all in advance 😁

Hello everyone, I am new to the forum and have been collecting since March, I will put an introduction post up shortly with some pictures of my pieces I was wondering if anyone has the time spare and would be kind enough to help me translate these two mei's please? It's on two pieces I am looking at and was trying to find some information out about them. Thanks in advance Chuck.