Grey Doffin Posted March 13, 2009 Report Posted March 13, 2009 Hi guys, Do any of you know why this tsuba has the number 7 (shichi) on the seppa dai? Grey Quote
John A Stuart Posted March 13, 2009 Report Posted March 13, 2009 It might be my eyes, but, isn't there two horizontal strokes like the katakana for 'mo' sound. John Quote
Grey Doffin Posted March 13, 2009 Author Report Posted March 13, 2009 No, just one. Looks like 7 to me. After I posted this I got to wondering if this tsuba hadn't been talked about on NMB before. I have faint recollection of a 7 on a tsuba discussion before. Grey Quote
Ted Tenold Posted March 13, 2009 Report Posted March 13, 2009 Yup, looks like a seven to me too. Mayby part of seventh as in generation, or perhaps something like Nanjusai "seventy years old" with the other characters obscurred. The obverse left character looks like Mune, and the two on the right X shu. Mune was a popular Myochin character, maybe start looking in that school. Quote
Grey Doffin Posted March 13, 2009 Author Report Posted March 13, 2009 Thanks Ted. There is no evidence of any obscured characters above or below the 7, and the condition of this tsuba is good enough that I'd see something if that were the case. I agree with something shu and Mune; I thought of Myochin too. One thing I really like about this tsuba is the hammer work. Notice how the marks radiate out? Amida yasuri done with a hammer, not a file or chisel. Grey Quote
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