Plum and Pine Sukashi

[Yves55]

Here it is, as predicted in a prior topic 😃

 

Dimensions: 7,8O x 7,43 x 0,48 (septa-dai) / 0,46 (mimi).

Weight: 97 grams

Iron.

 

All information is most welcome 👍🏻

 

[Curran]

NBTHK attribution would probably be "Kodai-Higo" (later period Higo).

The little tagane marks at the bottom imply Kamiyoshi work, which is a late Edo Period subschool of the Higo school.

 

Take this to mean Kodai Higo, with an outside chance at a more specific sub school attribution to Kamiyoshi.

My own opinion is just Kodai Higo.

 

 

[Matsunoki]

The indentation on each petal suggests cherry blossom rather than plum?

[rematron]

The sprigs with the buds right on the branch would indicate plum but since the flowers themselves are separated in the composition, perhaps the tsuba is showing plum, pine AND cherry?

[Yves55]

1 hour ago, Curran said:

NBTHK attribution would probably be "Kodai-Higo" (later period Higo).

The little tagane marks at the bottom imply Kamiyoshi work, which is a late Edo Period subschool of the Higo school.

 

Take this to mean Kodai Higo, with an outside chance at a more specific sub school attribution to Kamiyoshi.

My own opinion is just Kodai Higo.

 

 

Thank you Curran 👍🏻😉

 

[Yves55]

Thank you Colin and Jeremy!

Any flower / fruit specialists? 👁

[Matsunoki]

If you look even more carefully (than I did first time!) , the large sukashi flowers are Cherry…..indented petals …..but the smaller engraved ones have rounded petals without the indentations ie they are plum  - and Jeremy is correct, plum blossom attach directly to the branch, cherry blossoms hang on a small stalk. So we do indeed have pine, plum and cherry. 

[Yves55]

5 minutes ago, Matsunoki said:

If you look even more carefully (than I did first time!) , the large sukashi flowers are Cherry…..indented petals …..but the smaller engraved ones have rounded petals without the indentations ie they are plum  - and Jeremy is correct, plum blossom attach directly to the branch, cherry blossoms hang on a small stalk. So we do indeed have pine, plum and cherry. 

Thanks for the superb explanation 👍🏻😉