kissakai Posted September 16, 2014 Report Posted September 16, 2014 Hi I have created an A4 page as a quick reference sheet for various tsuba shapes I've used Marcus's book, the internet & my own collection for the images Have I made any errors , but I do realise there will be variations with the Japanese names? Also if anyone would help with dates as I would like to reorder the sheet with dates of the earliest to latest examples As a guide it will good enough for me The tsuba are numbered left to right then top to bottom Grev Quote
Soshin Posted September 16, 2014 Report Posted September 16, 2014 kissakai said: Also if anyone would help with dates as I would like to reorder the sheet with dates of the earliest to latest examples Grev Hi Grev, It not that simple. Overall shape alone cannot be used exclusively used for age determination of the tsuba as the shapes were often reused in later time periods. With that said you look like you are off to a good start. I will do some more checking and reply if I find something. Quote
kissakai Posted September 16, 2014 Author Report Posted September 16, 2014 Thanks David I know that they 'may' be a guide only I believe that if a shape doesn't appear before say 1500 then that shape can only be dated from 1600 and that is good enough for me Marcus can show certain attributes like the hitsuana/material etc date 'from' a certain period although like most of us it is an opinion Collectors of standing are just a lot more accurate than a casual collector like me Grev Quote
Jean Posted September 16, 2014 Report Posted September 16, 2014 http://japaneseswordindex.com/tsuba/tsubaid.htm http://japaneseswordindex.com/tsuba/tsubaera.htm http://japaneseswordindex.com/tsuba.htm Quote
cabowen Posted September 17, 2014 Report Posted September 17, 2014 Be a plus to include the Japanese kanji with each.... Quote
Soshin Posted September 17, 2014 Report Posted September 17, 2014 kissakai said: I believe that if a shape doesn't appear before say 1500 then that shape can only be dated from 1600 and that is good enough for me Hi Grev, I still don't see how that would be at all that helpful. Quote
sohei Posted September 17, 2014 Report Posted September 17, 2014 Yes, Thank you, Mr Morita. You can save his image as a picture, very useful. Thanks, Mike Quote
Baka Gaijin Posted September 17, 2014 Report Posted September 17, 2014 Chris said 素晴らしい！ ありがとう、森田さん。。。 Ditto Quote
kissakai Posted September 20, 2014 Author Report Posted September 20, 2014 Thanks to Morita san I've added the kanji to the tsuba images and I hope they are correct If anyone copies this then it will be very pixilated I'm happy to email the original document to any NMB member but they will have ask via my email: grev.cooke@ntlworld.com Obviously with having the original it can be used or manipulated as you wish If this was good enough I wonder if the download would be available via the NMB? Grev UK Quote
Brian Posted September 20, 2014 Report Posted September 20, 2014 Grev, Email or pm me the original and I'll resize and post post it for reference. Thanks for your effort. Brian Quote
Brian Posted September 20, 2014 Report Posted September 20, 2014 Here is the file from Grev, converted to pdf. Thanks Grev. Brian Tsuba_shapes.pdfFetching info... Quote
ROKUJURO Posted September 20, 2014 Report Posted September 20, 2014 Grev, very good and useful work! Thanks for your effort! Thanks also to MORITA-SAN and Brian for the adaptations. Quote
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