Tsuba 1 any information appreciated

[G26]

I would appreciate any information about this tsuba.  Its dimensions are 7.6 x 8.1 cms and its thickness at the rim varies from 5 cms to 3 cms.  The inserts in the ana are bamboo with the remains of red and gold lacquer on one side and the natural surface on the other.  Has anyone seen bamboo inserts like these before?  Were they likely to have been added well after the tsuba was made?  Was the rim made by raising or was it left from carving away the surface?  Does anyone know of a similar piece online or in a publication?  I would be grateful to hear any thoughts about the age, style, and technique.  Thanks.

[ROKUJURO]

G26,

welcome to the NMB!

interesting TSUBA indeed! I have never seen inserts in JI-SUKASHI cut-outs filled with bamboo, but that doesn't mean much. Mostly the inserts I know are metal.

The rim is made by hammering back the metal (UCHI KAESHI MIMI). It varies probably between 3 and 5 mm (not cm) in your TSUBA.  

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[G26]

Thank you Jean.

 

Glen B.

[dominnimod]

Umetada?

[G26]

Thank you Jose.  Is that the possible style or a possible technique? 

 

Do either of you know if there any way to date this piece approximately, or could it have been made anytime during the Edo period?

 

Glen B.

[ROKUJURO]

http://www.shibuiswords.com/umetadaschool.htm

https://yuhindo.com/umetada-tsuba/

 

The iron part of your TSUBA looks early to middle EDO period to me, but this is only my impression from the photos and not an expertise. Of course there is a way to have a SHINSA team issue papers for it.

 

 

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[G26]

Thanks Jean.  It's nice to hear that it could be earlier than the 19th century.  I will look for examples from the Umetada school and see what I can find that's similar.  I have only two tsuba so far.  They were part of a collection that was donated to a museum in 1923 and deacquisitioned in 2017.  I've wondered about them for a while and thought that it was time to learn more.  I really appreciate the help.