could you call this a nodachi tsuba

[lonely panet]

Hi Guys,

I hope you are all well?

I have a question.

heres a very large tsuba of mine, and I was thinking is this called a nodachi tsuba or a large katana tsuba???

 

regards Hamish

[Stephen]

Hamish

 

I love it but what do i know?

[kusunokimasahige]

I am not certain whether in Japan there were different names for various sizes of tsuba.

 

Maybe Ford Hallam knows.

 

It is a lovely piece !

 

 

KM

[b.hennick]

The ana is not particularly big. One would think that for a big blade the ana would also be large. How about O tsuba or dai tsuba? That means that the tsuba is largebut not related to a nodachi.

[sabi]

The ana is not particularly big. One would think that for a big blade the ana would also be large. How about O tsuba or dai tsuba? That means that the tsuba is largebut not related to a nodachi.

 

I second this.

 

There is an eBay seller that lists stuff like this all the time. Most are labeled dai tsuba.

[Thierry BERNARD]

I own this one 10.4 x 10.5 x .45 cm

[christianmalterre]

this is an very interesting Tsuba here Thierry

 

is that the original colouration?

looks very redbrown on your´s picture...never have seen such...(despite maybe in some Suaka...)

 

how would you point it?

 

Christian

[Geraint]

Surely a nodachi tsuba would need to date from the period when nodachi were in use? Nothing about the tsuba in question suggest such an early date, does it?

 

All the best

[Soshin]

Hi Geraint,

 

I agree. This is a large late Edo Period to early Meiji Period tsuba with no connection to a nodachi. Sometimes the early nodachi were mounted with small tsuba reative to thier long length.

[lonely panet]

Thanks for the comments,

 

out of interest, does this tsuba exhibit features of any school?, i didn't think it was so young.

 

also does anyone have a pic of a nodachi tsuba???

 

regards Hamish

[Soshin]

Hi Hamish,

 

Yes in my opinion the tsuba looks to be the work of the Aizu Shoami school from the late Edo Period to early Meiji Period. Overall I like the tsuba.

[Thierry BERNARD]

sorry no best picture!

[Thierry BERNARD]

!

[Soshin]

Hi Thierry,

 

There is also a good example of a nodachi on page 206, item #112 in the Art of the Samurai Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156-1868. It is mounted with a normal sized tachi like tsuba made of plain gilt copper. I really like Seven Samurai movie! :D

 

Here is a another good example from the web. It looks very impressive: http://nihonto.us/MUROMACHI%20SPOKED%20TSUBA.htm.

[Thierry BERNARD]

Hi Thierry,

 

There is also a good example of a nodachi on page 206, item #112 in the Art of the Samurai Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156-1868. It is mounted with a normal sized tachi like tsuba made of plain gilt copper. I really like Seven Samurai movie! :D

 

Hi David

 

Yes I see it, thank you for the reference!