Help with tsuba, please!

[hxv]

Hi,

 

I recently bought a mumei wakizashi attributed to Hisamichi of the Mishina school. As you may recall, the wakizashi has been making its rounds here on the board recently. To my pleasant surprise, the tsuba that came with the wakizashi is actually signed. I don't recall hearing that fact either from the seller or the person who sold it to him. In any event, it brightened my day. Can anyone help me out with the mei or give me any idea regarding the tsuba? I took close up pictures of the wakizashi and will be posting it on the "Nihonto" forum.

 

Regards,

Hoanh

[Ludolf Richter]

Hi,the Mei reads Kunihiro.Haynes has 10 entries with Kunihiro in his index-book.I believe it's

H 03588 vom Edo.He claims that there have been 5 artists from ca.1700-1800 and not just one with H 03588.Ludolf

[hxv]

Thank you Ludolf. I will look him up in Haynes' Index.

 

Regards,

Hoanh

[Ludolf Richter]

I had forgotten,that I had a Kunihiro Tsuba together with some other pieces in a box outside my normal Tosogu collection.Here is the pic.The Mei is different from yours but from one of the 5 guys from H 03588 (Haynes: "...copper plugs at the top and bottom of the nakago ana").Ludolf