NihontoEurope Posted April 30, 2013 Report Posted April 30, 2013 Hi all, Here is a tsuba for those who are interested. I have never seen this style, where the back is like this, before. Late Muromachi/early Edo. Made from Portuguese steel. [attachment=2]FRONT.jpg[/attachment] [attachment=1]BACK.jpg[/attachment] [attachment=0]TSUBA_MEASUREMENTS.JPG[/attachment] Added Measurements, feel free to edit and use it for your own purposes. Stay safe. /Martin Quote
Soshin Posted April 30, 2013 Report Posted April 30, 2013 Hi Martin, Thank you for posting your tsuba. What are the measurements including thickness? The thickness measurement I think should be expressed with a standard deviation and number of measurements as they are often don't have a uniform thickness. What makes you think it was made with Portuguese steel? The imported iron the Portuguese bough to Japan was often mined other places in east Asia and not from Portugal. Yours truly, David Stiles Quote
NihontoEurope Posted April 30, 2013 Author Report Posted April 30, 2013 Hello David, Measurements added to the first post. The information on both the period and metal is stated on the appraisal/origami. /Martin Quote
Marius Posted April 30, 2013 Report Posted April 30, 2013 Show us the origami please. The claim seems quite ridiculous, I am sorry. How on earth would the shinsa team (was it really shinsa or is it an origami issued by the seller?) know what steel was used? Quote
docliss Posted April 30, 2013 Report Posted April 30, 2013 Late Muromachi/early Edo. ????? C19 Namban work, surely. The decorative surface appears to be undercut, and the backing plate may be intended to highlight this decorative work. Both gold and siver surfaces were used thus in some later Namban work. There appear to be karakusa-like imprssions on the solid surface, and this may be an indication that there was once a second openwork plate which is now missing? John L. Quote
NihontoEurope Posted April 30, 2013 Author Report Posted April 30, 2013 Helllo, I don't have the possession of the Origami from the Shinsa. A potential buyer has both the Origami and the Tsuba, where it states time period and work method. I know very little on the subject of Tosugo. Perhaps it was attributed to such an artist that did make tsubas from foreign steel at the time. I really don't know. It looked like fun object to post. /Martin Quote
Marius Posted April 30, 2013 Report Posted April 30, 2013 Martin, it is fun, and thanks for posting :-) Quote
NihontoEurope Posted April 30, 2013 Author Report Posted April 30, 2013 I aim to please It's always good to challenge! I will try to give it another try with the translation if I can get an image of it or returned to me. /Martin Quote
Stephen Posted April 30, 2013 Report Posted April 30, 2013 since the Devil pays me to be his advocate ...i say it looks like a Chinese repo Quote
NihontoEurope Posted April 30, 2013 Author Report Posted April 30, 2013 A Chinese copy is also a possibility. /Martin Quote
docliss Posted April 30, 2013 Report Posted April 30, 2013 I cannot agree with Stephen’s suggestion that Martin’s tsuba is a Chinese repro. Apart from its possible three-plate construction, it is identical to the numerous Namban tsuba that were made in Japan in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Cast it may be – many of these tsuba were – and of rather poor quality, but I see no reason to doubt its authenticity. John L. Quote
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