Help Identifying Hot Stamp

[zanilu]

Dear All

I need your help to identify a hot stamp present on the iron body of a Heianjo tsuba of mine.

 

The surface of the iron shows hammer marks as on Tempo tsuba and in a couple of places shows sign of the hot stamps that are often shown by tsuba of this school. 
Only in one place the stamp is clear enough to show part of a kanji.

 

It does not look like one of those usually reported as being on Tempo tsuba (https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/7973-write-up-about-early-saotome-tsuba/).

Any information helping in identifying the kanji/motif it is appreciated

 

Best Regards
Luca

[b.hennick]

It could be that someone took a Tenbo tsuba and decorated it.

[zanilu]

Yes Barry, I had the same feeling.

That's the reason why I was asking about the identification of the stamp. 

 

Regards

Luca 

[Iekatsu]

Looks like "Ten", see below:

http://www.users.on.net/~coxm/?page=TsubaII

Kind regards,
Thomas

[zanilu]

Hi Thomas

 

That was my first impression too. But there seems to be a vertical stroke connecting the two horizontal one.

This is what I am seeing:

 

 

Regards

Luca

[Iekatsu]

Hey Luca, 

I see what you mean, I thought it may have been a partial stamp with a boarder.

 

Kind regards,

Thomas

 

 

[zanilu]

Hi Thomas 

 

You can be perfectly right too... 

 

Regards Luca