A bamboo tsuba

[Bernard]

Hello everybody,

This tsuba (7.5cm X 7cm) is entirely covered by a kind of dark brown chocolate patina. At first, I thought that it had lost most of its gilding, but actually it was probably made puposely with only some spots of nunome-zogan. What do you think ? Can this tsuba be assigned to a specific school ?

Regards.

Bernard D

[John A Stuart]

Choshu talks to me. John

[Soshin]

  John A Stuart said:

Choshu talks to me. John

 

Hi John S.,

 

Your imaginary friend has a really strange name. :lol:

 

P.S. My imaginary friend is named Yamakichibei (山吉兵へ). He thinks Bernard D. has a Choshu tsuba. He always likes to make me write his name using the correct kanji and hiragana.

[raven2]

I would agree with Choshu.

[docliss]

Personally I would prefer a nineteenth century Bushu attribution, but there will always be some measure of disagreement regarding the later work of these two groups. The sparse nunome-zogan is, of course, as intended. John L.

[Brian]

I would also go Bushu in this case, although the Bushu/Choshu crossover is well documented.

 

Brian

[Surfson]

Looks like a beautiful Choshu piece to me too. I'm afraid that there is some insect damage though.......

[Bernard]

Thank you very much for your replies !

Bernard D