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Unusual Tsuba With Inscription

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It's a round tsuba of iron, pretty thin (2.5 mm at seppa-dai) and of kinda European cup-shape. Initially I thought that the marks are just a result of fighting, but now I see some sort of kanji in the marks. 

They may be upside down on my photos...

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What do you think? What's the inscription, school, age?

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Sergei

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Dear Sergei,

 

I believe that these could also be bonji characters. Anyway, this is definitely not a signature as these letters seem to have been added a long time after the piece was made. 

 

Regarding age: I would say no earlier than mid-Edo period.

 

Best,

 

Chris

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Yes, wangata (concave) tsuba, thank you, Jean! It's a Chinese influence, not European as people say. Anyway, what's the inscription. One character was deciphered as MUNE/SŌ (宗) which means by itself "principle". But what is the other one?

 

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