A Tanaka school tsuba ?

[Bernard]

Hello everybody,

I wonder if this tsuba (6.9cm X6.3cm) can be assigned to the Tanaka school ?

What is your expert opinion (hope you can read the mei, it is not clearly legible) ?

Regards.

Bernard D

[Gunome]

Hello

 

I also thinks it is a Tanaka

I was not able to decipher the mei except : XX no kami Toshi X

 

hope it help

[Thierry BERNARD]

壽勝

toshikatsu ??

[Guido]

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[Bernard]

Guido, you found the maker and it confirms Tanaka school. Great ! Many thanks to you. Thanks also to Gunome and Thierry for their replies.

Bernard D

[Pete Klein]

Here is the mei from the Shinsen Kinko Meikan:

 

 

It should go to shinsa to confirm the maker as the workmanship is definitely Tanaka school style but the mei is difficult to confirm from only one example.

 

BTW: the school is also referred to as 'Toryusai'.

[Bernard]

Thank you very much, Pete.

I found one example on Christie's site.http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/ ... 70316&sid=

Bernard D

[Pete Klein]

 

This is from the link you provided. It is papered Tokubetsuhozon and the mei looks like the one in the meikan.

[Curran]

Tanaka'esque.

 

Gut reaction is it reminds me of my wife's Prado wallet.

[Pete Klein]

Curran -- your wife has a wallet which resembles a museum in Spain?

[kusunokimasahige]

Would that not be "Prada" Curran ?

 

 

KM

 

I must say I like both tsuba. They are different.

[Curran]

Prado.

That was the joke. Love that museum by the way. The mind buckles a bit when observing an entire room of Bosch's works.

 

Sir Bernard's tsuba may very well be authentic, but not a very good example of the work that can be seen from the school. I'd seen a Juyo piece that was pristine in condition and excellent of workmanship, if a bit unimaginative in design. Thus I was lukewarm about this school's reputation. An American corrected that when he showed me a few pieces of his large collection in this area. The few he showed me easily eclipsed the few I'd previously studied, and he supposedly had 2 dozen more. I regret not making more time to visit with him and see the others.

~~~ this is to say that you see a wide spectrum of work in this school. Many things about this particular one fail to impress me.

 

Wife's wallet says "Prada", but we both know it to be a functional NYC street market buy with decent stitching and leather that isn't quite the real deal.

Hence we call it the "Prado" when lost around the house or apartment, in hommage to the many Chinatown special "Prado" knockoff versions of the wallet.

 

My recent favorite from Chinatown was the hardware shop with large lionhead door knocks labeled "Loins Knockers - 50% off!"

Sometimes being just a little off changes everything.

Kick the entendre around as much as you like.

[Higo-san]

Sir Bernard's tsuba may very well be authentic, but not a very good example of the work that can be seen from the school.

 

How can you tell, Curran? I had two rather high-class Tanaka tsuba in hand lately (both published, at least one with Juyo status) - judging from the pictures only I cannot see much of a difference in workmanship...

 

Best,

Chris

[raiden]

I buy quite a few Tanaka tsuba, in my opinion from the pictures, this tsuba looks fine and its workmanship represents the Tanaka Kei. I feel that I must say that when someone posts a pic of their item, everyone should be a bit more lenient of their criticism, after all they are either sharing or looking for help. Also judging from a pic is difficult, and is not accurate.

[Soshin]

I feel that I must say that when someone posts a pic of their item, everyone should be a bit more lenient of their criticism, after all they are either sharing or looking for help. Also judging from a pic is difficult, and is not accurate.

 

Hi Mike Y.,

 

I post one nice tsuba recently and almost all I get is people complaining about schools workmanship and/or style. I have came to the generally conclusion that there will always be egotistical ass trolls waiting lurking on the internet. Even myself have play the role of egotistical ass troll one or twice. One person was also doing on eBay while I was selling to get money to buy the posted tsuba. It is best to develop a noise filter and quickly move on.