Tsuba Design

[vajo]

Has anyone an idea about this tsuba design, school and age?

 

 

What kind of Koshirae / Tosogu would fit to it?

 

Thanks

 

Chris

[Geraint]

Dear Chris.

 

 

Like Stephen I have a fondness for copper fittings.  I would suggest falling rain as a them and a koshirae like this would suit I feel.  But of course that is a matter of taste and aesthetics.  It's a nice tsuba!

 

All the best.

 

 

 

[Brian]

Wow...I really like that. Is it available by any chance?
I would think it is emulating cut bamboo personally. Like it a lot.

[Stephen]

Very nice Chris...i seen it on auction but couldn't bid. Id think all copper fittings would be nice.

[vajo]

Thanks all. I bought it from a friend and member here in the board today. It was on auction yes. I saw this and love it without knowing anything what the motif is or anything. Maybe bamboo or rain on a woodwall or something else? From the age maybe end of edo to late meiji?

[TETSUGENDO]

Hi Chris,

 

Great simple and elegant design....be it rain, bamboo or wood grain, it is a striking design.  I agree with your feelings as to age, late Edo/Meiji looks right.  As for koshirae style Geraint's choice is a favorite of  mine and would fit it well...of course, due to its nature you can go many ways.

 

-S-

[Baka Gaijin]

I agree cut bamboo, and, here's a wild guess....

 

I wonder if it is an allusion to the virtue of 文武両道  Bunbu Ryodō (Harmony of Pen and Sword)?

As kanji was originally written upon strips of wood and bamboo before the introduction of paper.