Why Shônai Satsuma Tsukamaki /kosirae?

[SalaMarcos]

Recently I wrote about this, but now I'm asking myself about such a name of this typical thin tsukamaki done by Satchô samurai during Bakumatsu that's called shônai tsukamaki.
Why shônai, when Shônai domain was in the North of Japan and was a domain on the side of Bakufu and not imperialist? Maybe because it was Shônai attacck against Satsuma residence in Edo who started the Boshin wars?
What do you think about this name of the tsukamaki/koshirae?

 

[Geraint]

Dear Sala.

 

There was a thread about Satsuma koshirae a while back and Ian B had some developed ideas about them.  In this case I think the style of tsukamaki is being refereed to as Shonai though I don't think it is.  The overall koshirae; plain iron fittings, washer menuki, thin ito and spiral wrap, is what has been called Satsuma rebellion style.  

 

All the best.

[SalaMarcos]

Thanks my friend
In this book , in this pages, is refered the Satsuma rebelion style equal as shônai style, that was because I asked about .BUCK, Thomas. The art of Tsukamaki. Lloyd & Tutle publishing limited. Poland, 2014. Pp. 80-83.

[IanB]

Sala, The Shonai clan did use a variation on this style apparently but as Geraint says the quality of your hilt shows it is not Shonai. People do keep referring to Satsuma rebellion but if true it would be for a sword given to a non-samurai. I have published an image several times which shows two ashigaru wearing swords wrapped this way, with one holding a yari with looted swords tied to it, one of which is a samurai sword with normal tsukamaki.

Ian Bottomley

[SalaMarcos]

Thanks Ian!