Ko Kinko Tsuba Help

[lonely panet]

Hi Guys

 

hope were all travelling well?

 

just got a little tanto tsuba that i think is ko kinko, but im for some extra conformation.

 

YAMAGANE with signs of urushi and stamps, but the stamps are whats making me think twice of the age. to me, they dont really fit for the ko kinko time frame in there motif, in my opionion 

 

please tell me your opinions 

[C0D]

I think is safe to say late Muromachi/Momoyama.
I have one which probably comes from same school or even author.

[Iekatsu]

I agree, Ko-Kinko, these tsuba appear to have been mass produced during the late Muromachi-Momoyama period. There a quite a few examples out there, generally they are made of Yamagane, Mokko gata in shape and are stamped with chrysanthemums and/or various other floral motifs. They tended to be lacquered black, remnants of lacquer visible on both the examples above.

 

Good examples of the style.

[lonely panet]

dosnt the kiri mon belong to the tokugawa?? or did it have a common use before Ieyasu

[C0D]

The kiri mon is the mon of the Toyotomi clan, now used as the emblem of the Japanese Government.

[kissakai]

This mine

With three very similar maybe the stamps were done at the same time the tsuba was made

 

 

[Iekatsu]

Paulownia mon are commonly associated with the Toyotomi, but it predates them.

[C0D]

This mine

With three very similar maybe the stamps were done at the same time the tsuba was made

 

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Interesting variation, looks almost it has some ko-Umetada influence