Dome-shaped tsuba

[Spartancrest]

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?

 

[vajo]

Anyone see a wan-gata mounted? 

[Geraint]

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.

[Curran]

19 hours ago, vajo said:

Anyone see a wan-gata mounted? 

 

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.