Keith Jennings Posted February 24, 2009 Report Posted February 24, 2009 Dear Forum Members, Normally my addiction is for Japanese ceramics & cloisonne, but recently I have become curious about tsuba. The dragonfly tsuba was one of my first purchases, one of eight I acquired from a local estate, the measurements are; 80 mm high, 73 mm wide, 4.1 mm inner, 5 mm rim. Cheers, Keith Quote
Ford Hallam Posted February 24, 2009 Report Posted February 24, 2009 Hi Keith, Not a terrible tsuba in my opinion. It would definitely benefit from a little tlc though. I think this is quite a late work judging by the steel quality ( not great ), the degree of complexity of the design and the size being fairly large, a significant amount more than typical. Perhaps mid to late 19th century. The overwhelming impression I get is that it's from Higo province but I discern a little influence of the Tanaka family too. Maybe the artist saw some of their work while on his holidays There is a famous tsuba with 2 dragonflies in carved and pierced steel that is from Higo. The dragonfly on yours is quite reminiscent of one on this tsuba. I'll see if I can't dig out an image. I'd be keen to hear what some of our other tsubaphiles think though. regards, Ford Quote
Keith Jennings Posted February 26, 2009 Author Report Posted February 26, 2009 Hi Ford, Thank you for posting your thoughts on the tsuba, they were informative & concise. Cheers, Keith Quote
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