Basic and pleasing tsuba

[kissakai]

[Alex A]

Looks like one i just bought.

 

What age would you give it Grev?

[kissakai]

Circa 1550 - 1600

Have a look at 'San Diego tsuba'

This type has been mentioned on the NMB before

Will you be posting yours Alex?

 

Edited August 22, 2022 by kissakai
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[Spartancrest]

Does it count if the design is in iron? Same number of petals 32.   74 mm x 68 mm x 4 mm  100g. [image is 'lightened' from almost black]

Nice piece Grev. Great patina and you don't have to worry about rust!  

[Alex A]

Hi Grev, aye, i was looking into San Diego tsuba, write-ups like this, https://tsubakansho.com/2019/04/18/san-diego-tsuba/

 

Mine is similar, but copper of some sorts, Suaka/yamagane, not sure to be honest.

 

Difficult to age, the design seems a bit more complex (as in depth of carving) than those described as "San Diego".

 

Nakago-ana looks to have some age.

 

I dunno,  may be later,.

 

Lovely patina, would look nice mounted, 

 

Saw it in the sales section here a while ago, cant believe no one bought it at the price that was being asked.

 

Anyways, like it, cute haha

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Steve Waszak]

This motif and design were rather popular in the Momoyama Period.  Here is an example by Kawaguchi Hoan.  The addition of the gourds in gold and silver is intriguing, since chrysanthemum iconography can be tied to the imperial family and fealty to the emperor, and gourds (especially in gold) can be associated with Toyotomi Hideyoshi.  The shodai Hoan worked for the Asano clan, so it is interesting to speculate on possible political allusions with this tsuba.