Kurikata Posted October 27 Report Posted October 27 I have tried too decipher those two kanji and arrived at the conclusion that it might be read as TORIN. Tsuneshige signed that way sometimes and this tsuba style is close to Nara influence. Can you confirm ? Thank you Quote
SteveM Posted October 28 Report Posted October 28 Yes - it definitely looks like Tōrin (東琳). There are two artists who used this name. One is Tsuneshige, as you noted (which I think is the right one in this case). Wakayama says Tsuneshige is known for brass tsuba in nadekaku shape, which yours clearly is. The other artist who used the name Tōrin, is an artist from the Tsuchiya school named Arichika (在親). Both are late Edo, but just from the evidence at hand I think yours is a Tsuneshige piece. 2 1 Quote
Kurikata Posted October 29 Author Report Posted October 29 Thank you Steve to confirm my thoughts. I appreciate. 1 Quote
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