b.hennick Posted March 17, 2013 Report Posted March 17, 2013 There is a tsuba for sale that I am interested in. Please tell me the smith's name and School? The first character is ichi or kazu (probably ichi_ Quote
george trotter Posted March 18, 2013 Report Posted March 18, 2013 Barry, I am probably the last person to offer advice on tosogu makers, but it might be ICHISHI (I think that is the pronounciation). This is from Wakayama page 15. The first signs Ichishi kao and works in iron base with clouds? in katakiribori. Late Edo, Inaba, Tottori. The second is named Takahata...signed Takahata Ichishi, Keio into Meiji period. Hope I'm not leading you astray... Quote
docliss Posted March 18, 2013 Report Posted March 18, 2013 I agree with George’s translation of the mei, and suggest that Takahatake Isshi (H 01939.0) is the most likely artist of Barry’s tsuba, signing as he did in soshō. And is that last kanji (or what remains of it) 'saku'? Haynes lists a third artist using these kanji in his Corrigenda and Addenda to his Index, Seisai Isshi (H 01939.A), dated ca. 1850, but I know nothing of this artist. John L. Quote
b.hennick Posted March 22, 2013 Author Report Posted March 22, 2013 Thanks for the input. Could this smith be of the Ichijyo School? Quote
docliss Posted March 22, 2013 Report Posted March 22, 2013 No - he of the Ichijo school, Hashimoto Isshi (H 01937.0), used a different second kanji (至) from your artist. Only the three Isshi that I have previously detailed used this pair of kanji (一志). John L. Quote
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