lotus Posted December 22, 2012 Report Posted December 22, 2012 I am stumped about the motif of the attached Tsuba. Anyone know what it is? Thanks! Quote
b.hennick Posted December 23, 2012 Report Posted December 23, 2012 I see two tomoe (commas) and battle axes. Quote
Danocon Posted December 23, 2012 Report Posted December 23, 2012 Sorry, First thing that popped into my head was Batman. Should not mix serious study with sipping a nice Reposado Tequila. I will be quiet now. Quote
Toryu2020 Posted December 23, 2012 Report Posted December 23, 2012 Two Tomoe as Barry says and two kiri In the classic kiri-mon you see three leaves and three "flowers" here I believe all we are seeing is the middle of the three and the other two are hinted at... -t Quote
raiden Posted December 23, 2012 Report Posted December 23, 2012 The original design seems to come from the Nishigaki school, by Kanshiro himself. Tomoe kiri was a classic design used by the early Higo School. However the tsuba example frist shown doesn't seem to have any higo traits. Our tsuba is a NBTHK certified to Kanshiro. There are also strong examples if the Higo Kinko Taikan Quote
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