Kurikata Posted January 25, 2020 Report Posted January 25, 2020 Hi every tosugu experts. Kodai refers generally to higo school, Kodai Higo meaning late edo generation tsubako. I do not see this terminology for other schools (Kodai Akasaka, Kodai Umetada, Kodai Choshu, etc...) Is there any reason ? Thank you Bruno Quote
suketaka Posted January 25, 2020 Report Posted January 25, 2020 Hello Bruno, have a Tsuba - NBTHK Hozon to Kodai Umetada. In my opinion all late works can be called Kodai... 1 Quote
JohnTo Posted January 25, 2020 Report Posted January 25, 2020 Just happen to have been reading Harry Watson's translation of Nihon To Koza yesterday. Vol VI, p173 has a chapter on Kodai Kaneie with a couple of pics of tsuba on p 177 of Kodai (later or last generation) of Kanei, so I guess its just a general term. Regards, John Quote
Pete Klein Posted January 25, 2020 Report Posted January 25, 2020 後代 = Kodai - progeny, later generations. From Hozon origami: Mumei Kodai Higo Mumei Kodai Yagyu You will also run across this denoting era time: Mumie Owari (Edo Shoki) Shoki = early times, Chuki = middle times, Goki = later times. ('Go = Ko' pronounciation). (I unfortunately do not have pictures for 'chuki' or 'goki'). 3 Quote
MauroP Posted January 26, 2020 Report Posted January 26, 2020 I've checked my records of NBTHK papered tsuba finding: no. 1 kōdai Mino no. 1 kōdai Umetada no. 1 kōdai Yasuchika no. 2 kōdai Hōan no. 4 kōdai Yagyū no. 5 kōdai Jingo no. 6 kōdai Akasaka no. 18 kōdai Higo. So it's probably true that shinsa panel deserve a kōdai specification more frequently to Higo pieces, but surely not exclusively. 1 Quote
Kurikata Posted January 26, 2020 Author Report Posted January 26, 2020 Thank you all of you for your very interesting information. Once again NMB brings precious details to me... Quote
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