Tsuba box

[Dan tsuba]

Can someone give me a translation of what appears on the tsuba box lid?  Maybe it can help me identify the tsuba that came in the box.

 

Thanks!

With respect,

Dan

[Toryu2020]

Dan -

Are you able to post photos of the tsuba?

 

-t

[Dan tsuba]

Hello Thomas,

 

I have posted a picture of the tsuba (2 tsuba) that came in the box.  They will take a lot of work to clean!

One tsuba has a mei.

 

Thanks,

With respect,

Dan

 

[Nobody]

無銘 - Mumei

埋忠明寿鐔 – Umetada Myoju tsuba

 

無銘 - Mumei

京透し鐔 – Kyo sukashi tsuba

[Dan tsuba]

Moriyama san-

 

Thank you so much for your assistance on the translation.  Much appreciated.

 

With respect, 

Dan

[Toryu2020]

Unfortunately it appears the tsuba in the box and the tsuba mentioned in the Hakogaki are different...

The larger one has a Choshu Mei.

 

-t

[Curran]

Yes, as Tom said. Hakogaki and the tsuba do not match.

 

 

[Guest Simon R]

'The old switcheroo'.

 

To paraphrase a very popular phrase on this site "DO NOT JUDGE THE HINOKI BOX - JUDGE THE TSUBA WITHIN".