Spartancrest Posted November 27, 2020 Report Posted November 27, 2020 Picking up this thread from awhile back, I have three very different Wangata guards and was wondering what you may think. The first, as far as I have found, is the first 'lens' shape guard I have seen (it is not oval) - it looks to have started out to be finished in Gama-hada or 'toad skin' silver drops , but got over cooked. [see Fords post -https://www.facebook.com/tsubaman/photos/?tab=album&album_id=517676764959692 ] I have a Kogai with Gama-hada as it should look. The next is a thick and heavy 'Mokugyo' wooden temple gong shape it has an indistinct mei. And thirdly a squared shape with a dragon hidden in the decoration and rectangular outlined seppa-dai suggesting namban influence? Quote
Geraint Posted November 27, 2020 Report Posted November 27, 2020 Dear Chris. No picture I'm afraid but a friend had a sword mounted with such a tsuba. If memory serves the sword was signed Kanefusa. Of course there was no way of knowing if the sword had originally had that tsuba or if it had been swapped at some stage. All the best. Quote
Curran Posted November 28, 2020 Report Posted November 28, 2020 On 11/27/2020 at 5:13 PM, vajo said: Anyone see a wan-gata mounted? Expand Yes. I owned one back around 2003. I sold it to one of our current NMB list members in 2004-2005, as a favor to him for various reasons. Otherwise, I'd gladly still own it. Lovely koshirae. Quote
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