Classify Tsuba, village scene

[Itomagoi]

Hello friends, I am not very familiar with Tsuba. Can someone please tell me in which school and age I can classify this tsuba?

[Itomagoi]

Kaneie school,  ca. 1800?  

[Spartancrest]

Hi Peter, It could be Kaneie but if it is, it is late - seems like too much inlay and in various colours. Kaneie was more known for a sparing amount of gold inlay - less was more, at least in the early works. Gimei usually have a signature - it was the selling point even when it was obviously not true. No signature would suggest to me it is not trying to be a Kaneie but might be following similar designs. Shoami? [Yes I know a bit of a "catch-all"]

  Minimal inlay - prominent signature. Signed Fushimi ju kaneie, circa 1650-1750. Someone with more knowledge will point us in the right direction.

[ROKUJURO]

Yes, KANEIE style, not school, I think. Late EDO might also be correct.

[Itomagoi]

Thank you very much. 

[Jake6500]

On 11/26/2024 at 10:59 PM, Spartancrest said:

Hi Peter, It could be Kaneie but if it is, it is late - seems like too much inlay and in various colours. Kaneie was more known for a sparing amount of gold inlay - less was more, at least in the early works. Gimei usually have a signature - it was the selling point even when it was obviously not true. No signature would suggest to me it is not trying to be a Kaneie but might be following similar designs. Shoami? [Yes I know a bit of a "catch-all"]

  Minimal inlay - prominent signature. Signed Fushimi ju kaneie, circa 1650-1750. Someone with more knowledge will point us in the right direction.

 

Shoami is what I thought also...

 

Is it mixed metals? (It looks as though there are a couple small spots of silver overlay in there but it's pretty small so I'm not sure if my eyes are deceiving me)

[Spartancrest]

6 minutes ago, Jake6500 said:

Is it mixed metals?

I think there are at the very least three metals in the inlay - patina might be hiding more? Hard to judge on a screen.

[MauroP]

Aizu-Shōami?