Bid And Release

[Stephen]

After my buying spree i just could not put another bid on this. For the good id guess but it called to me...i know i know.

 

[Stephen]

LMAO 90+ views and not one response...guess that was a damn good release....LOL

[Brian]

You said, not me

Not my taste at all.

 

Brian

[kaigunair]

I thought there was something interesting about this tsuba too.  I've begun to notice more examples that have this curly brass inlay, and more interesting is that there seem to be examples of the base plate with and without the brass, with varying degrees of brass inlay.  Traditionally these would probably fall under some sub classification of the heianjo school, but when combined with the non-brass examples, might indicate that these were sort of template tsuba that could be customized with none, some, or more brass inlay depending upon the whims/finances of the customer.  This example would fall into the "more brass" category as opposed to those in the "some brass" having more open surface, sometimes with brass dots in addition to a lighter apply of the inlay.  I am at a loss at as to what the brass' design is supposed to represent....maybe a garden path or worm eaten paths (often seen along the mimi/rim), or possible some fabric texture when shown on the face?

 

They have an older feel to me, but at the same time, I am bother by the lines as in the examples I've seen, they are often not sharply cut out- yet the use of somewhat expensive brass material in such a tsuba is puzzling.  The hitsuana normally don't fit the standard designs normally accepted for edo period dating.  If earlier that later, I'd guess these were some type of regional workshop piece.  Perhaps a yet-to-be documented fad genre, like akasaka in Edo, or a precursor to the Kyoto gift tsubas.

 

Maybe someone is doing more research on this genre of tsuba and is snapping up examples?

[Rich S]

I think (?) this style of Heianjo inlay was done on a variety of plates by other schools. I have one with the same type of inlay done on a Saotome plate. See my page on Saotome tsuba ( the tsuba on the bottom right ).  I have plain tsuba in the exact style papered to Saotome (see the daisho tsuba page). Personally I like the tsuba you've shown.

 

http://www.japaneseswordindex.com/tsuba/saotome.htm

 

Rich

[Stephen]

Thanks Junichi and Rich i had forgotten that page, glad some had the nerve to stand up and comment. i still like it but it was out  of reach after current buys. 

[Jean]

The nakago ana is not common. Sides are almost straight without much tapering.

[kaigunair]

Rich, I'm getting a warning when I try to follow your link that there is possibly a virus attached to that page...?

[Brian]

Will check it and revert. Tons of malware injections going around.

 

Brian

[Brian]

No, the site is clean. 42 Online scans report it fine 100%. One (Russian Yandex) reports it is infected. It is not.

Seen this happening lately. Lots of false positives on various websites. Checked the source code myself, the page is fine. Check any site on https://www.virustotal.com/

 

Brian

[Rich S]

Thanks Brian -

Would hate to have my website listed as infected. What does "revert" mean? Good site/url checker to know about. I've bookmarked it.

Rich

[kazarena]

Stephen,

 

Yup I saw this one too and even put a sneaky bid on it, just in case if I get lucky. Unusual hitsu-ana, almost naginata/nagamaki like nakago-ana (not if I saw many of those..) and the sheer amount of inlay were tempting enough to try and see it in person. Didn't work out!

 

Stan

[Brian]

...What does "revert" mean? ...

 

 

Rich,

It is commonly used here to mean "get back to you" or "reply"

 

Brian

[Rich S]

Brian -

 

Thanks for the terminology. I'm not familiar with South African lingo :-)

I appreciate all you do in keeping the website running.

Thanks again,

Rich