Early eight-lobed Shoami school tsuba (very nice!)

[Jorgensen]

Early eight-lobed Shoami school tsuba

$845

(offers welcome)

 

More info:

https://tsubashi.com/.../early-eight-lobed-shoami-school.../

 

Iron, eight-lobed mokkōgata, with eight interlocking rings possibly symbolizing the Noble Eightfold Path of righteousness of Buddhism. A deceptively intricate design, yet with a rustic feeling in the iron from the early Shōami school. Two hitsu-ana.

This tsuba is very well-balanced, and I think the hitsu-ana are nicely incorporated, and overall it must be difficult to make such a well-balanced eight ring tsuba with two hitsu ana. A quality tsuba in good condition.

 

Mei/signature:

Mumei

 

School/province:

Shōami

 

Period/age:

Early Edo (or possibly Muromachi)

 

Measures:

7.75 cm x 7.65 cm x 0.50 cm

 

Certificate:

No

 

Included:

NO kiri box included

 

 

[ROKUJURO]

Jimi-San,

we could make a DAISHO, but mine is very small (57 mm):

 

[Jorgensen]

Thanks for sharing. Its a very cute one, similar design and hitsu-ana shape is similar too. I guess it would be katana or wakizashi plus tanto daisho in that case