Bruno Posted February 8 Report Posted February 8 Hi, Posting here on behalf of a friend who recently acquired this tsuba. Not being a tosogu guy myself, may you please share your feelings and expertises about this one? Many thanks. Quote
Matsunoki Posted February 8 Report Posted February 8 Just some passing thoughts…..the lacquer has been applied to the ura (back) of the tsuba and I wonder if that is a later addition to a previously plain older iron tsuba. The theme might be Kiku-Sui (chrysanthemum and water) One of the petals appears plugged in the image with the white background. What has happened there? There appears to be traces of powdered gold lacquer in some the deeper recesses on both omote and ura. I’m almost certainly wrong but I think maybe an old tsuba that has been jazzed up a bit later in its (long?) life. Looking forward to greater expertise🙂 Quote
Bruno Posted February 8 Author Report Posted February 8 3 hours ago, ROKUJURO said: "TASUBA". Yes, I saw the wrong typing. Don't think I can correct it in the title. Quote
GRC Posted February 9 Report Posted February 9 Edo period tsuba that was neglected and badly rusted and corroded... likely went through a fire first for it to have lost its entire original surface. this tsuba should have had a perfectly smooth surface. The lacquer was certainly done in the modern era to try to fancy up a destroyed tsuba. There are no period tsuba with lacquer done like that. I hope that’s not too blunt. But those are the facts. 2 Quote
GRC Posted February 10 Report Posted February 10 This is what it should look like... These particular tsuba tend to get deep pitting when they corrode. It's due to the particular nature of the steel they were using (whatever the specific composition of elements was). 1 Quote
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