Akasaka/Myochin tsuba mei

[yogoro]

I’m trying to translate this tsuba mei . I think the left reads Nobuyoshi ?, right ?州住

What is your opinion about this tsubie, Akasaka or Myochin ?

[Grey Doffin]

I think Soshu Ju Nobuyoshi. I'll leave it to more knowledgeable folk to give you the school.

Grey

[Thierry BERNARD]

nobuyoshi

[yogoro]

If right mei is "Soshu (Sagami) Ju" this tsuba must be Myochin Nobuyoshi probably H07267 or later but not Akasaka.

Thank you both.

[chris covington]

I don't have much to offer as far as the mei goes but I do find this to be a very tasteful tsuba and I love the design. Thank you for sharing with us.

 

Chris

[yogoro]

Thank's Chris .

I think you'll like this tsuba - ( viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2462&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=torigoye+hakogaki&start=15)

Floating cloud at daybreak motif - good Tosa Myochin example.

[chris covington]

Mikolaj,

 

Both are very pleasing tsuba. The above example I really like because of the little goose flying away. Canadian geese have been flying south for winter and stopping by Maryland on their journey. I am usually on duty at 7am and I often see them in a field near my station first thing in the morning as the sun comes up. I watch them fly away, usually there is morning mist so this motif feels very current to me. It has a fall time feel to me. The other one with the dark shiney patina and no geese reminds me of spring time for some reason. Maybe I am feeling poetic?

 

I also wonder if this is really meant to be day break or a night time theme, maybe the moon with mist? I only ask because I found another tsuba with the same theme mist and goose. It has a kozuka with it that has a goose in flight with a silver moon in the background. http://silverlakes.homestead.com/Masatsugu_Tanto.html. Just my thoughts. Either way I like both tsuba.

 

Cheers,

Chris