Enamel tsuba ?

[yogoro]

I decided to clean patina on one of my old tsuba.

After cleaning the patina was turned out the remains of enamel inserts!

What is the age, school and theme?

Maru gata , dimensions: 7.4cm x 7.4cm x 0.35 cm

[Soshin]

Hi Mikolaj,

 

Try not to over clean the tsuba and don't touch the enamel that remains. Here is a very similar tsuba from the Holbrook Collection: http://www.japaneseswordbooksandtsuba.com/store/holbrook-tsuba/h222-shippo. I don't know much about these tsuba but the link to Grey Doffin's website should be helpful for your research.

[yogoro]

David , Thank you for your suggestions.

I found a similar tsuba in the catalog A.Church "Japanese sword guards",( page 163) but

there is no identification at school and period

[yogoro]

Any idea? If it wasn't this enamel this tsuba looks like as Namban ?

[Toryu2020]

The Japanese text i believe says this is Hirata or some other related school...

-t

[Henry Wilson]

It also says that if it did not have enamel it would look like Nanban