kissakai Posted February 9, 2014 Report Posted February 9, 2014 Hi All As I’ve only tended to add posts for my own information I have decided to put a couple of museum tsuba just for your enjoyment. I hope this addresses the balance of me being a bit selfish I need no comments I just hope you like this very small selection In the future I hope to show classes of tsuba like Namban, Sukashi etc just for the NMB pleasure Grev UK Quote
Curran Posted February 9, 2014 Report Posted February 9, 2014 Why it is so nice to see old collections... Coming from an archery background, I'm always appreciative of arrowhead designs. Yet that Tombo tsuba is a little different than the ones we normally see. Enjoy it and wonder why we don't see more rendered that way. Quote
Peter Bleed Posted February 9, 2014 Report Posted February 9, 2014 I'm challenged. I hope someone will unpack this presentation. Peter Quote
Curran Posted February 10, 2014 Report Posted February 10, 2014 Peter: ? Grev has been pro bono helping a museum correctly catalog its good sized collection, working through the reading of the names. Though property of the museum for possible publication or display at a future date, he is kind enough to share some with us. Quote
Marius Posted February 10, 2014 Report Posted February 10, 2014 Grev, good work, keep it up Actually, we (the Japanese Sword Society of Poland) are doing the same here in Poland, helping museums to catalogue their collections of Japanese swords and kodogu. I know how tedious this can be, so I do admire your commitment. BTW, the first tsuba (the one with arrows) seems to be a cast copy (I might be wrong as the tsuba is small and the poto is a magnification). It would be nothing unusual, though, as museum pieces in Europe (hey, is the UK still in Europe?) come mostly from old, 19th/early 20th c. collections, and those ancient collectors have sometimes been quite indiscriminate in their acquisitions. Quote
Soshin Posted February 15, 2014 Report Posted February 15, 2014 Curran said: Grev has been pro bono helping a museum correctly catalog its good sized collection, working through the reading of the names. Though property of the museum for possible publication or display at a future date, he is kind enough to share some with us. Hi Everyone, Me along with a few other collectors have been helping Grev UK with the translation of mei and school attributions as well. Grev, thank you for posting these tsuba I can't wait to see them finished in a publication. I really like the last tsuba but I can't read the mei given this photo sorry. P.S. I agree with Mariusz K. observations. It might be a good idea to keep this tsuba out of the publication. Quote
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