Davidarmy Posted January 16, 2018 Report Posted January 16, 2018 Simple tosho tsuba D. Easley 1 Quote
Brian Posted January 16, 2018 Report Posted January 16, 2018 Far from simple...quite stunning.When uploading from phones...edit and save the pic, stops it rotating due to a common cellphone/internet bug.Trying to decide why the shape of the ana. But that is a lovely tsuba. Quote
Kurikata Posted January 16, 2018 Report Posted January 16, 2018 I personnaly like these tsuba with poems or dedicated incantation. Very nice piece as Brian mentioned. If someone can give a translation , it would bring a part of the clues. Quote
Davidarmy Posted January 16, 2018 Author Report Posted January 16, 2018 Suishin Masahide (kao) Roku juu ni ou-Sixty-two year old man Bunka Hachi Kanoto Hitsuji Nigatsu Hi- Bunka Eight Younger Ram February Day (1811) It is the last line of a quatrain by Wang Wei, poet of the Tang Dynasty. It is very difficult to translate into English but it basically says "even though he dies, his chivalry lives forever." 1 Quote
Peter Bleed Posted January 16, 2018 Report Posted January 16, 2018 Indeed, this is a wonderful tsuba. I am impressed that it probably was made with sekigane. And look, too, at how the wall is thickened ever so slightly below the flange at the margin itself. I wonder how he did that. Peter Quote
ROKUJURO Posted January 16, 2018 Report Posted January 16, 2018 .....And look, too, at how the wall is thickened ever so slightly below the flange at the margin itself. I wonder how he did that.... Peter, with a small hammer and without heat. By the way, I cannot see TOSHO style elements in this TSUBA. Quote
Peter Bleed Posted January 17, 2018 Report Posted January 17, 2018 Peter, with a small hammer and without heat. Jean. I think you are right. Certainly there was no heat. The final work must have involved very skillful use of a small hammer. For the deeper thickening, tho, I wonder if a larger hammer may have been used for the first coupe of rounds. A bigger hammer would make a deeper impact,especially if the iron was very soft. Some experimentation might be useful. Hmmm. All this to say, thanks for an interesting insight. Peter Quote
ROKUJURO Posted January 17, 2018 Report Posted January 17, 2018 Tosho style elements? Yes. You called it a simple TOSHO TSUBA, but please compare. Quote
Davidarmy Posted January 17, 2018 Author Report Posted January 17, 2018 Would you like another comparison by this swordsmith? Quote
ROKUJURO Posted January 17, 2018 Report Posted January 17, 2018 David,your TSUBA is simple and very nice, and it is probably made by a swordsmith, but I would hesitate to call it TOSHO. Compared with other TSUBA which we tend to put into the TOSHO frame, it is a different style.No criticism from my side intended. Quote
Brian Posted January 17, 2018 Report Posted January 17, 2018 Jean,David is a HIGH level collector. I think you are going to find this is by THE Suishinshi Masahide. And probably shoshin Quote
Davidarmy Posted January 17, 2018 Author Report Posted January 17, 2018 Last time I checked tosho is swordsmith tsuba. If the tsuba is signed by a swordsmith style or design has no bearing in determining tosho or not. If you are not aware that Masahide was a swordsmith I got it. Quote
Peter Bleed Posted January 17, 2018 Report Posted January 17, 2018 Masahide must have been a very busy guy. This is a fabulous piece. I would like to know its history. David, where did you discover it. Has it any papers? Peter Quote
ROKUJURO Posted January 17, 2018 Report Posted January 17, 2018 Yes, I am impressed, and yes, I know who SUISHINSHI MASAHIDE was. Maybe I have to correct what I thought TOSHO TSUBA are (which I collect). Quote
Davidarmy Posted January 17, 2018 Author Report Posted January 17, 2018 This is from the book for comparison Quote
John A Stuart Posted January 17, 2018 Report Posted January 17, 2018 Both have an odd shaped hitsu; I wonder why. John Quote
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