A big Kotobuki tsuba (+9 cm)

[Jorgensen]

A big Kotobuki tsuba (+9 cm)

$545

(offers welcome)

 

More info:

https://tsubashi.com/product/a-big-kotobuki-tsuba/

 

Iron, marugata, hammer-patterned surface with image of ink and inkstone on the front, and ink brush on the back. The design on the ink stick looks to be a stylized kanji for 壽 (kotobuki – long life), and is done in gold inlay. Likewise, the brush on the reverse is also decorated with colored metal inlays. The theme reveals the cultured world of the samurai, who ideally should strive to be as proficient in letters as he should be in the martial arts.

Condition of this tsuba is very good and is very heavyIt has little stylistic surprises like the word “Kotobuki” which is almost hidden in the design on the ink, and the way the seppa-dai covers the inkstone in a way that gives a feeling of depth. The tsuba looks black and a bit glossy, as if it were a kind of ink stick itself.

 

Mei/signature:

Mumei

 

School/province:

Unknown

 

Period/age:

Edo

 

Measures:

9.05 cm x 8.75 cm x 0.60 cm

249 grams

 

Certificate:

No

 

Included:

NO kiri box included