GeorgeLuucas Posted October 3 Report Posted October 3 Kiri depiction signed Choshu Kiyoshige 5 2 Quote
ROKUJURO Posted October 3 Report 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
Jesta Posted October 3 Author Report Posted October 3 Birds and pine trees. One of my few blinged out pieces… 6 Quote
Steves87 Posted October 4 Report 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
thutson Posted October 4 Report Posted October 4 Here's one from my collection, lilys from the Choshu school. 8 1 Quote
DirkO Posted October 4 Report Posted October 4 I always thought that Choshu is underrated as a tsuba school - they have some magnificent work. 3 1 Quote
MauroP Posted October 4 Report 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
ROKUJURO Posted October 4 Report Posted October 4 Thank you for your help, Mauro! I had hoped you would see my post! You are the botany expert! 1 Quote
Ian B3HR2UH Posted October 4 Report Posted October 4 Another Peony . The tsuba is tanto size so is enlarged and a little blurry. Ian Brooks 12 3 1 Quote
davel Posted October 4 Report 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
DirkO Posted October 4 Report 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
Dan tsuba Posted October 4 Report Posted October 4 One of my low end tsuba! I still think it is great artwork! 4 1 Quote
davel Posted October 4 Report Posted October 4 2 more to keep this going Iwata Kaneyasu, Masayuki 8 10 Quote
thutson Posted October 5 Report 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
1kinko Posted October 5 Report Posted October 5 Utsushi of Toyoaki of Choshu plume tree. Recycled kanno blade. 10 Quote
ROKUJURO Posted October 5 Report Posted October 5 Darrel, you mean it is partly a steel TSUBA, made from a plane (KANNA) blade? Who made it? 1 Quote
1kinko Posted October 5 Report 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
Andi B. Posted October 6 Report 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
Dan tsuba Posted October 6 Report 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
hobnails Posted October 7 Report 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
Dan tsuba Posted October 7 Report 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
francois2605 Posted October 7 Report 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
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