Birthday Tuaba and information...

[Soshin]

Dear Tosogu Form;

 

As I have often posted many questions about some of my poor quality tsuba that I have little information about from my collection and likely almost caused blindness in some of the connoisseurs of tosogu on this form I have decided to post a new tsuba I obtained as a birthday gift to myself a few weeks ago. The piece was purchased at Tokugawa Art in Nagoya, Japan. Here is the link to the website. http://www.sanmei.com/ The tsuba is still listed in the sold item section of the website. Here is a short write up I did about the tsuba as well. The dealer said that he was thinking the tsuba likely dates to the early to middle Edo period from Echizen province. Does anyone have any information about different schools of tsuba maker active in Echizen around the early to middle Edo period? Thanks again for the additional information and enjoy the view.

 

Item Name: Fudo Myo-ō Tsuba

Item Number: T14

Purchase Date: 07/15/2009

Product: Tsuba for Katana

Material: Iron (tetsu)

Age: early Edo (17c) to mid Edo (18c)

Size: 8.4 X 7.9X 0.4 cm

Weight: 300 grams

Shape: Maru-gata

Misc: Kozuka-hitsu & Kogai-hitsu ana, Sekigane

Attachment: Wooden Display Box

DESCRIPTION:

This iron (tetsu 鉄) tsuba have a Immovable Wisdom King Buddhist (Fudo Myo-ō 不動明王) motif done in high relief (taka bori 高彫). There are silver (gin zogan 銀嵌) and brass (shinchu zogan 真鍮嵌) inlays that are also in high relief (suemon zogan象嵌). The border of the tsuba is round in shape and higher in relief then to the middle of the tusba (maru mimi 丸耳). The tusba surface has a wonderful hammered pattern (Tsuchime Ji 槌目地). I purchased this tsuba via the Internet at Tokugawa Art located in Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Japan. The dealer said that the tsuba was likely made in Echizen province during the early to mid Edo period.

[reinhard]

Soshin,

 

Design, craftsmanship, surface and color of steel, shape of seppa-dai and so on are pointing towards a later date of manufacture: Very late Edo period or later.

 

reinhard

[Soshin]

Soshin,

 

Design, craftsmanship, surface and color of steel, shape of seppa-dai and so on are pointing towards a later date of manufacture: Very late Edo period or later

 

Would Bakumatsu era (1856 - 1867) or early Meji period (1868 – 1890) be a better estimation of the tsuba's age? Thanks Reinhard for providing additional information about my tsuba I will update my records. If anyone else can provide information about school of the tsuba which worked in or came from Echizen that would be great as well.

 

 

 

Yours truly,

David S. (Soshin)