GeorgeLuucas Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 Kiri depiction signed Choshu Kiyoshige 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steves87 Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 Another I'm quite fond of 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROKUJURO Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 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. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesta Posted October 3 Author Report Share Posted October 3 Birds and pine trees. One of my few blinged out pieces… 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steves87 Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 (edited) This is one of the best threads in a while.... here is another of my favourites Edited October 4 by Steves87 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thutson Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 Here's one from my collection, lilys from the Choshu school. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkO Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 I always thought that Choshu is underrated as a tsuba school - they have some magnificent work. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurikata Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 My plants 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauroP Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 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). 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROKUJURO Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 Thank you for your help, Mauro! I had hoped you would see my post! You are the botany expert! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian B3HR2UH Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 Another Peony . The tsuba is tanto size so is enlarged and a little blurry. Ian Brooks 12 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geraint Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 Dear All. A late iron one. All the best. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davel Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 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/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkO Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 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. 16 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan tsuba Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 One of my low end tsuba! I still think it is great artwork! 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steves87 Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 Sakura clusters 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davel Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 2 more to keep this going Iwata Kaneyasu, Masayuki 8 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1kinko Posted October 5 Report Share Posted October 5 Isshi as I recall. 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1kinko Posted October 5 Report Share Posted October 5 Araki Tomei but probably gimei. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesta Posted October 5 Author Report Share Posted October 5 Pine trees (Higo) 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thutson Posted October 5 Report Share Posted October 5 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. 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1kinko Posted October 5 Report Share Posted October 5 Utsushi of Toyoaki of Choshu plume tree. Recycled kanno blade. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROKUJURO Posted October 5 Report Share Posted October 5 Darrel, you mean it is partly a steel TSUBA, made from a plane (KANNA) blade? Who made it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1kinko Posted October 5 Report Share Posted October 5 It's all steel/iron from a kanna blade. My work, very possibly my 2nd or 3rd after class with Patrick Hastings. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andi B. Posted October 6 Report Share Posted October 6 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. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan tsuba Posted October 6 Report Share Posted October 6 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. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobnails Posted October 7 Report Share Posted October 7 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 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan tsuba Posted October 7 Report Share Posted October 7 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! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francois2605 Posted October 7 Report Share Posted October 7 Here's one of my favorite tsuba. I love the irregular shape and the texture of the iron. 6 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabi Posted October 7 Report Share Posted October 7 Owari, warabi - late Muromachi/Momoyama. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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