Liner note

[Stephen]

I don't need word for word

 

Just maker and made when, last year?

I know it's new but a sucker for copper 

TIA

[YOSE]

Could be Kawai (河井), born January 1920. Manufacturing date seems to not be written.

[Stephen]

Interesting I was wondering kazu or ichi, thank you Yose

 

[SteveM]

Professional name of Isshu (一舟). 

 

 

[Stephen]

22 minutes ago, SteveM said:

Professional name of Isshu (一舟). 

 

 

Thanks Steve, that's what was confusing me.

[Stephen]

The tsuba in question. 

 

I'm out

https://buyee.jp/ite.../auction/j1120201577

[SteveM]

Looks nice. The online seller misspelled the artist's professional name, and in the text inside the pictures, the seller misspelled both the artist's real name and the artist's professional name. It a really sloppy, lazy listing from this seller. I see another tsuba by the same artist from this same seller with a similar misspelling (link at the bottom of this post). It's a level of sloppiness or laziness that makes me slightly suspicious.

 

Anyway, the theme on this tsuba is (obviously) bamboo and plum blossoms.

It is a winter theme, and on the box they refer to these two symbols as the "two elegants" (ニ雅) which is a poetic allusion to plum and bamboo. 

No idea if the mei is authentic or not. 

 

https://page.auction.../auction/m1120190916