Another Tosho Tsuba

[GrozaB]

Picked up cheap tsuba of ebay and whant your opinion on it.

Looks like typical tosho tsuba. But I didn't see tosho tsubas with plugged holes before.

 

 

Oleg

 

[kazarena]

Hi Oleg,

 

It looks like a modern repro, I'm afraid. Patina is off and the sukashi is of poor quality - take a look how uneven and 'choppy' the walls are.

 

Regards,

Stan

[Toryu2020]

Oleg

my guess would be late edo - poor condition. not typical tosho. i would really spend time studying tosho and i think you would see the differences. its a cool design but not early and not in the best shape.

-t

[MauroP]

Hi Oleg,

I agree with Thomas, tosho is quite a broad box. The decorative plugs of the sukashi are called gankin (嵌金), and are usually made the same way as ume (埋) in bitsu-ana.

Bye, Mauro

[GrozaB]

Thank you for your input! I'm very new to tsubasa and know very little about them. So, before I get experince I will get few very low quality, fakes etc It is part of learning process

Thanks, Oleg

[rkg]

Thank you for your input! I'm very new to tsubasa and know very little about them. So, before I get experince I will get few very low quality, fakes etc It is part of learning process

Thanks, Oleg

 

Oleg,

 

you'd probably be money ahead to go to one of the upcoming shows and look at some pieces in hand.

 

Best,

 

rkg

(Richard George)

[GrozaB]

I wish... Anyway, this tsuba cost me less than most of the chinese replicas on ebay. I can live with it.