Tsuba

[Steffieeee]

Hi can anyone tell me about this tsuba didn't realise it had a faint signature when I bought it. I liked it because it didn't have any Ana holes. It's very smooth with chamfered edges. I like it because it's simple

[C0D]

It's a nice tosho tsuba from Edo period, the mei seems to me to be Shigetsugu 重次 (btw the picture is upside down)

[Steffieeee]

Thanks! Yes I realised that after I'd posted it sorry. How can you tell it's Edo and not earlier?

[C0D]

The design is more refined and also older pieces were not signed

[Steffieeee]

Interesting ty. So the maker here was probably also a swordsmith is that right? That's what tosho seems to mean

[C0D]

Tosho tsuba originally it's thought they were actually made by swordsmith, in Edo period still some swordshimth made some tsuba but mainly those in "tosho style" were made by tsubashi

[Ken-Hawaii]

Stef, there were (& are) many tsubashi who weren't sword tosho. I don't think yours was a tosho, & thee's a short blurb on the Inagawa School on http://world.choshuya.co.jp/tousougu/index.htm

[C0D]

Here's a previous topic with a tsuba signed shigetsugu and similar design http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/21236-two-mei-help/page-1

[Steffieeee]

Thanks guys super helpful as always