andreYes Posted January 21, 2020 Report Posted January 21, 2020 Please help to identify a tsuba with gourd design. The plate is mokume ji, and the design is made with takabori and zogan. Size: 7.5 x 7.5 x 0.4 cm. I've read that most of mokume ji tsuba were made by Myochin craftsmen... Does anybody seen something simillar? 5 Quote
kissakai Posted January 21, 2020 Report Posted January 21, 2020 Heianjo Zogan? Later addition of insert I don't see Myochin Strange Quote
Ford Hallam Posted January 21, 2020 Report Posted January 21, 2020 I'd suggest a Shoami workshop. I think it's very clever and well made. A very interesting piece. 5 Quote
andreYes Posted January 21, 2020 Author Report Posted January 21, 2020 Thank you! Concerning Myochin, I thought about it after reading this article from Robert Haynes' and Elliott Long's website: http://www.shibuiswords.com/haynesTsu35.html Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted January 23, 2020 Report Posted January 23, 2020 That Haynes library was fantastic! Nice tsuba, too. Quote
Ganko Posted January 23, 2020 Report Posted January 23, 2020 Nice tsuba, very interesting pattern. Looks as if the steel was rolled up like a newspaper, sectioned and then hammered flat. Very creative. I like it. Quote
Ford Hallam Posted January 23, 2020 Report Posted January 23, 2020 Looks as if the steel was rolled up like a newspaper, sectioned and then hammered flat. Today we call that technique a 'jelly roll'. It probably had a more poetic name in Edo Japan 3 Quote
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