Bugyotsuji Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 A while ago someone explained to me that a flat tsuba shape billet of suitable iron, before any work is performed on it, can cost in the region of ￥30,000 today. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rematron Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 Piers, if that’s the case I got a great deal! Do you recall the details of that conversation? Wish there was a way to know where it was actually made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugyotsuji Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 Jeremy, I'll be seeing the guy tomorrow, so if I get a chance I will float your enquiry. No guarantee that yours is from the same origin though... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rematron Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 Thank you, Piers. Yeah I know it’s pretty impossible to know where mine came from so I’m just gonna be happy with it as a humble addition to my tiny tosogu collection. However, I am now generally curious as to the high price of a simple new Japanese tsuba in Japan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rematron Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 Was doing some research on Choshu tsubas just now and came across this: Bonhams : A Choshu-school iron tsuba By Nakai Tomotsune, 18th century (2) 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugyotsuji Posted March 11, 2023 Report Share Posted March 11, 2023 Cat hamon anyone? 3 1 5 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugyotsuji Posted March 11, 2023 Report Share Posted March 11, 2023 There should be two cats in here somewhere. 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRC Posted April 1, 2023 Report Share Posted April 1, 2023 This one doesn't look like the typical "ferocious tiger", so let's just call it a "tabby cat"... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Chia Posted April 1, 2023 Report Share Posted April 1, 2023 6 minutes ago, GRC said: This one doesn't look like the typical "ferocious tiger", so let's just call it a "tabby cat"... Neither does this. I know it’s a bit weathered but I still can’t picture it being a tiger. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 1, 2023 Report Share Posted April 1, 2023 Its a 'goofy' tiger - a good sign IMHO. Like a goofy Shishi. Good renditions of a creature hardly if ever seen. BaZZa. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted April 2, 2023 Report Share Posted April 2, 2023 Lots of goofy tigers getting about! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted April 6, 2023 Report Share Posted April 6, 2023 Yes it is very modern but nice design. https://www.jauce.com/auction/p1087517204 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted April 9, 2023 Report Share Posted April 9, 2023 Where is the love for cats? How about the love of cash! Wish I had some! https://www.jauce.com/auction/j1087841412 - Starting off at 195,000 yen 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted December 8, 2023 Report Share Posted December 8, 2023 I think this is the same tsuba as Okan showed in his original post - the image was taken by Baldwin Coolidge in 1904 for a series of tsuba cards for the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. https://www.pinteres.../512847476318414055/ or https://www.etsy.com...=nla_listing_details 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted December 18, 2023 Report Share Posted December 18, 2023 Do modern netsuke count? https://fujiyasubook...fc15c19c455ce628a135 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted December 23, 2023 Report Share Posted December 23, 2023 This is selling again https://www.jauce.com/auction/t1118726205 or https://buyee.jp/ite.../auction/t1118726205 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminus Posted December 27, 2023 Report Share Posted December 27, 2023 Okawa Teikan 6 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoTanuki yokai Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 On 12/26/2023 at 8:50 PM, terminus said: Okawa Teikan Just lovely Tony, did you post in moon tsuba thread? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Christian S. A nice catch from a very famous German collection. The Georg Oeder collection was catalogued in 1916 and published in German. The whereabouts of the collection is now unknown as it disappeared from Berlin after the fall to Russia at the end of the Second World War 1945. I translated the book. https://thepencentre...86?model=0&variant=0 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okan Posted February 5 Author Report Share Posted February 5 Meow 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 Blank carve yourself lol https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/h1121329185? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 Appears wire cut from mild steel. But does have a certain charm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartancrest Posted August 26 Report Share Posted August 26 An older thread but I just found this Hamidashi tsuba converted to a netsuke - cat with a catfish [menuki?] attached. https://www.jauce.com/auction/f1147577760 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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