What TSUBA design is this?

[ROKUJURO]

Gentlemen,

I bought this TSUBA recently, but I don't know what the design is called. Is it "four bars and melting snow" or something different?

Thanks in advance for any help!
 

[MauroP]

洲浜 - suhama

 

[ROKUJURO]

Thank you Mauro!

Is there a meaning (other than 'sandy beach') in that term or can it be translated? I think HAMA means 'harbour'.

Thank you in advance!

[FlorianB]

An old thread with similar examples:

Best, Florian

[Spartancrest]

Jean, taken from Marcus Sesko's book - "Handbook" of Sword Fittings related Terms. 

The photo is the best I could do. Good one Mauro! 

 

[ROKUJURO]

Thank you Dale,

that was exactly what I needed!

Florian, thank you as well! I had found this link but somehow it seemed less exhaustive.

[rematron]

On 11/2/2022 at 11:05 PM, Spartancrest said:

Jean, taken from Marcus Sesko's book - "Handbook" of Sword Fittings related Terms. 

The photo is the best I could do. Good one Mauro! 

 

This is great.  I've got to get this book. 

[Spartancrest]

Jeremy R.

That little book is getting hard to find - wonder why it is hard to get if the publisher is "Print on Demand"? Lots of sites say "out of stock."

one here? : -  https://www.waterstones.com/book/handbook/markus-sesko/9783842364226   published in 2011

 

I am not sure if the same material is included in the 2014 book? :- https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Japanese-Swords-Markus-Sesko/dp/131256315X

 

You could try here but I don't see "Handbook" listed?  https://markussesko.com/books/

[rematron]

@SpartancrestHey, thank you very much!  I purchased the ‘encyclopedia’ as well as the ‘legends’ book that looks super interesting also. I’ll let you know if the encyclopedia contains the ‘handbook’ within. If not, I’ll just refer back to your top link!

[rematron]

On 12/28/2022 at 8:08 PM, Spartancrest said:

Jeremy R.

That little book is getting hard to find - wonder why it is hard to get if the publisher is "Print on Demand"? Lots of sites say "out of stock."

one here? : -  https://www.waterstones.com/book/handbook/markus-sesko/9783842364226   published in 2011

 

I am not sure if the same material is included in the 2014 book? :- https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Japanese-Swords-Markus-Sesko/dp/131256315X

 

You could try here but I don't see "Handbook" listed?  https://markussesko.com/books/

The material from the handbook is included in the encyclopedia! 

[ROKUJURO]

Thank you Jeremy!