Sharing the beauty of plants and flowers

[GeorgeLuucas]

Kiri depiction signed Choshu Kiyoshige 

[Steves87]

Another I'm quite fond of

[ROKUJURO]

Here are an early OWARI (?) TSUBA (ex Roger Dundas collection) and a rare KO-UMETADA. Sadly, I don't know what kind of flowers are depicted.

 

 

 

 

[Jesta]

Birds and pine trees. One of my few blinged out pieces… 

[Steves87]

This is one of the best threads in a while.... here is another of my favourites

Edited October 4, 2024 by Steves87

[thutson]

Here's one from my collection, lilys from the Choshu school.

 

[DirkO]

I always thought that Choshu is underrated as a tsuba school - they have some magnificent work.

[Kurikata]

My plants

[MauroP]

8 hours ago, ROKUJURO said:

Here are an early OWARI (?) TSUBA (ex Roger Dundas collection) and a rare KO-UMETADA. Sadly, I don't know what kind of flowers are depicted.

 

Asarum caulescens (hollyhock) and Paeonia suffruticosa (peony).

[ROKUJURO]

Thank you for your help, Mauro!

I had hoped you would see my post! You are the botany expert!

[Ian B3HR2UH]

Another Peony . The tsuba is tanto size so is enlarged  and a little blurry.

Ian Brooks

[Geraint]

Dear All.

 

A late iron one.

 

 

All the best.

 

[davel]

3 hours ago, DirkO said:

I always think that Choshu is underrated as a tsuba school - they have some magnificent work.

 

Not top notch but currently in auction > https://www.bonhams....18th-19th-century-2/

[DirkO]

From my own collection - the nanako is minute and the design wraps around the nanako mimi - not done in shakudo as one would expect, but shibuichi.

[Dan tsuba]

One of my low end tsuba!  I still think it is great artwork!

[Steves87]

Sakura clusters

[davel]

2 more to keep this going   Iwata Kaneyasu, Masayuki

 

 

[1kinko]

Isshi as I recall. 

[1kinko]

Araki Tomei but probably gimei.

[Jesta]

Pine trees (Higo)

 

[thutson]

Enjoying this thread a lot, some wonderiful pieces on show.

Two more from me: Akasaka Musashino sukashi tsuba showing pampas grass with dew drops and another with a Yatsuhashi and Iris design in sukashi.

[1kinko]

Utsushi of Toyoaki of Choshu plume tree.  Recycled kanno blade. 

 

[ROKUJURO]

Darrel,

you mean it is partly a steel TSUBA, made from a plane (KANNA) blade? Who made it?

[1kinko]

It's all steel/iron from a kanna blade. My work, very possibly my 2nd or 3rd after class with Patrick Hastings.

[Andi B.]

Here's a Mito school fuchi kashira set with Tsukushi 土筆 (horsetail’s stobilus) design.
Depicted are horsetail branches (Tokusa, 木賊) and the eatable spore stems.

[Dan tsuba]

A couple of more of my low end tsuba (hey, that's the only kind of tsuba I can afford!) with plants and or flower motif.

 

[hobnails]

Great thread : ) Here’s a Shonai Shoami school tsuba 

shape is Kawari mokko gatta the theme is 

Bamboo and plum, two plants that withstand the coldness of winter 

[Dan tsuba]

Yet again, another one of my low end tsuba.  This tsuba is in bad shape.  But I bought it a couple of years ago because of the beautiful flower motif and carving.

Hey, just wanted to share!

 

 

 

[francois2605]

Here's one of my favorite tsuba. I love the irregular shape and the texture of the iron.

 

[sabi]

Owari, warabi - late Muromachi/Momoyama.