Late kamakura era tsuba

[Haon]

So, I'm currently designing a tsuba for myself, and I've decided to go with the shape of aoi gata, as it is supposed to be mounted on a tachi. Can you show me any pictures of tsuba from the late kamakura era, so after the mongol invasions, preferably with sukashi or animal engravings? I might be completely wrong on this one, but most articles I can find on the Internet are either really short /bear almost no information and repeat themselves after the third one. I understand that what I'm asking for is propably rare.

Also, does anyone have high resolution pictures of the tsuba and hilt of the statue of Kusunoki Masashige?

 

Best regards,

 

Haon

 

PS: the tachi this is for is a modern made piece, no nihonto will be touched during this process. 

 

 

[rkg]

Kamakura period tsuba - silver fukurin may not be original.  kind of plain, but I hope it helps.

 

 

 

Best,

rkg

(Richard George)

 

[Spartancrest]

Derek these might help.

 

https://varshavskycollection.com/kamakura-bori-tsuba/

https://www.mandarinmansion.com/glossary/aoi-gata

https://www.aoijapan.net/tsuba-mumeiunsignedkamakura/

[Curran]

Kamakura-bori style tsuba have little to do with the Kamakura period.

The "wood carving style of the Kamakura period" tsubas do not => tsubas from Kamakura period. Careful with that.

 

RKG's tsuba is actual Kamakura<->Nambokuchu.

[Toryu2020]

Curran is right - the Kamakura in Kamakura-bori is from the place name and not the time period. Chinese style, cinnabar lacquered wood carving is a local specialty in Kamakura to this day - the name I believe is a later appellation given the close appearance and likely inspiration from Kamakura style wood carving...

 

-tch

[Spartancrest]

You want a cinnabar lacquered wood carving? You got it! 

[Haon]

Thank you very much for your information, it was helpful but there are a lot of ideas and questions in my head, still. 

 

The wooden tsuba is an unusual piece, it looks incredibly awesome and cursed at the same time.

[Chris Colman]

Translated from a Kamakura Bori tsuba for sale:

The origin of the name of Kamakura Tsuba is neither the name of the place nor the name of the era. It is said to have originated from a technique that imitated the safflower and green leaves method used by the grandson of Buddhist sculptor Unkei when he made Buddhist altar fittings for Hokke-do in Kamakura. With the addition of Zen Buddhism's era, the two were mixed together and unified into Japanese sensibilities to give birth to what is called 'Kamakura tsuba'. It is said that it flourished from the end of the Muromachi period to the Momoyama period and disappeared in the early Edo period.