kissakai Posted February 21, 2017 Report Posted February 21, 2017 Hi I'm having a bit of trouble with this one When talking about Cloisonné work you think of Hirata but with work of this type lower standard where do you look? I checked the 10 Haynes catalogues (a good reference for the more 'ordinary' tsuba) but without success A trawl on the internet revealed nothing either I just can't find anything like this one If it hadn't been for the inlay I'd have said country work but this may be a wrong assumption The side cut outs don't tell me anything and I could have done the dots better 77 x 77 x 4.1mm Any ideas are very welcome Quote
Geraint Posted February 21, 2017 Report Posted February 21, 2017 Hi Grev, Grey has this one, http://www.japaneseswordbooksandtsuba.com/store/holbrook-tsuba/h222-shippo As yours look as though it may be tachikanagushi it might fit with very early enamel which I believe is called doro shippo, need to check that. As far as I can recall early enamels were muddy and not translucent. Later ones were much finer and Hirata work uses these. Have fun with this one. All the best. Quote
kissakai Posted February 21, 2017 Author Report Posted February 21, 2017 Nice call Geraint In the link there are quite a few bubbles where there are non in mine The style looks similar (rustic) and I can now do another search with the info supplied Quote
kissakai Posted February 21, 2017 Author Report Posted February 21, 2017 Doro-shippo An opaque shippo (cloisonné enamel) work produced using muddy enamel glaze, which results in a unique texture different from glass enamel glaze. Brass wires which are suitable for classic muddy glaze are used for contours of shapes and colours A starter for ten Quote
MauroP Posted February 21, 2017 Report Posted February 21, 2017 Hi Grev, try researching Nagasaki or Nagasaki shippō (長崎七宝). Mauro Quote
Bazza Posted February 21, 2017 Report Posted February 21, 2017 This seems a good place to put my own example of a Cloisonne tsuba - I saw it recently on an interstate trip and have no idea at all where it "fits". I noted the "muddled" and blotchy colours, but again I know nothing at all about these. I have seen very high quality later EDo Shippo work and it is indeed a joy to behold, but this tsuba ... Any opinions gratefully received. Bestests,BaZZa. Quote
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