2nd Tsuba

[Pippo]

I love this one, the pressed clay style of the forging i find very attractive, this one look to have some character and seals?

[Pippo]

[Pippo]

[Nobody]

佐名田 天法 - Sanada Tenpo

[Spartancrest]

Pippo, I love these rough and ready textured ones - they have a character all their own and a "don't mess with me" attitude. 

 

Another signed Sanada Tempo  [tenpo, tembo etc]  https://nihontoart.c...se-12-animal-zodiac/

 

 

Taken from this site - https://www.Japanese...om/tsuba/saotome.htm

"The Tembo School (also spelled Tempo, Tenpo or Tenbo) also worked well into the Edo Period. They are most noted for the use of kokuin (hot stamps) on their plates, although not all Tembo School tsuba are of the hot stamped style. Tembo School plates, to my eye, are not as well forged as those of the Saotome School. Saotome and Tembo tsuba are also often found with brass encrustation (see below) or gomoku zogan (see daisho tsuba for examples). It is often difficult to distinguish between Saotome tembo tsuba and Tembo School tsuba. It is not uncommon to see them all simply referred to as Saotome Tembo tsuba. Signed tsuba of the Saotome or Tembo schools are known, but are somewhat rare. Known signatures of Saotome makers include: Shimotsuke ju Saotome Nobuyasu, Saotome Iesada, Joshu ju Saotome Iyenori. Some known Tembo School mei are: Tembo, Yamashiro ju Tembo, Sanada Tembo and variations of those."