Kyo-Sukashi?

[vajo]

I'm trying to find out some more on this tsuba.

 

As i bought it from a member here last year i was thinking on a early Akasaka.

 

But after looking today in Sasanos book page 77 plate 41 i would go for a

 

Kyo-Sukashi (Genroku).

 

 

The rim is some interesting.

 

 

[MauroP]

Hi Chris,
the symmetrical design could be either Akasaka or Kyō-sukashi. The layered iron points more to Akasaka.

[FlorianB]

Chris,

 

Because of the modern appearance of the design with its unique interpretation of the gearwheel (?) and the layers (or just scratches?) seen in the rim I would go for later Akasaka, when their design got a more fragil touch.

Florian

[vajo]

Thanks

You see the layesrs around the rim and in the sukashi.

 

[Surfson]

Snowflakes with birds and leaves?  

[lotus]

Given the airy design and 3 cm thickness, I would vote Kyo-Sukashi. Most Akasaka are much thicker.

[vajo]

Kiri Mon, Karigane, Swallow tail 2-4-10, Robert.

 

I have a vote on umetada school via mail.

[Surfson]

Chris.  I see the geese, but neither the kiri mon nor the swallow tail.  I have what is probably a Shoami piece that has snowflakes that look quite like the design on this one.  

[Ken-Hawaii]

Looks a lot like a medieval medallion I once had. Kyō-sukashi.

[vajo]

Robert above i see a kiri-mon. Then left right a karigane (wild goose) and then the bird tailes with five on every side.

 

 

 

[MauroP]

This Kinai tsuba is described on its paper as sekka kasa sukashi (snow and umbrella), so the shapes in your tsuba could be indeed swow flakes.

[FlorianB]

Did I miss the dimensions?

For a Kyo-sukashi-work I would expect a circular form with hitsu-ana and a classical design in general. Even the seppa dai looks too massive to be Kyo sukashi. Also a Daigoro work won’t fit in my eyes. And I never heard of layer technique concerning Kyo-sukashi.

Although the mimi is only ko-niku and the plate thin the appearance of layers, the oval form, the modern and original look (note how cunnigly the karigane and the ends of the snowflakes are connected) and the bat-like shaped kiri I stick to my Akasaka-attribution - because I have no better idea at least.

Florian