RobertM Posted November 6, 2015 Report Posted November 6, 2015 Ive had a bit of spare time so looking at some pieces i purchased few years ago. This one i find really interesting. Cloud formations inlayed in gold, silver and shakudo. Hozon to Shoami. Its textured on the front, however smooth and undecorated on the rear, perhaps to save on cost?. Im guessing mid edo with later additions of the clouds? Rob M Quote
christianmalterre Posted November 25, 2015 Report Posted November 25, 2015 good Tsuba! Christian Quote
RobertM Posted December 1, 2015 Author Report Posted December 1, 2015 Thanks Christian.Does anyone have any idea as to why the different textures for each side? Rob M Quote
Marius Posted December 1, 2015 Report Posted December 1, 2015 Hm... Part of the omote was exposed to corrosion to a much larger degree than ura. The tsuba has been subsequently cleaned (look at the lack of patina on the sekigane) and repatinated. Quote
RobertM Posted December 2, 2015 Author Report Posted December 2, 2015 Thanks Marius. Both sides also have traces of gold lines, but the design is long gone. I wondered f the cloud designs were a later addition to an older tsuba. will post a PIC of the paper. Quote
John A Stuart Posted December 2, 2015 Report Posted December 2, 2015 I think the gold was a later addition and filled what was originally sukashi. John Quote
MauroP Posted December 3, 2015 Report Posted December 3, 2015 Hi Rob, the NBTHK paper is quite vague about the description of the subject and the decorative techniques. The sukashi are referred as kyokusen-mon (曲線文) which roughly translates as "figures of curved lines". The decorative plugs (homologous to ume - 埋 in hitsu-ana) are usually referred as gankin (嵌金) in other papers I've seen, but are just called zōgan iroe in your certificate. Possibly just a lazy shinsa session... Anyway, a nice tsuba there. Bye, Mauro Quote
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