Popular Post Geraint Posted February 18 Popular Post Report Posted February 18 Dear All. Very pleased to have received this one in the post today, much better in hand than the rather sketchy photographs would indicate. The patina appeared washed out in the photographs but is a lovely deep brown, there are scattered silver and shakudo inlays of shells on the carved wave background and the obligatory dragons and sacred gems. I have long fancied to add one like this to my collection but assumed they would be forever out of reach. Somehow this one slipped through the auction net and is now mine, just wanted to share it with you as I know some here are interested in this school. Enjoy! All the best. 12 5 Quote
Franco Posted February 18 Report Posted February 18 Wonderful piece, most enjoyable! Tsuba finds the owner. Thank you for sharing. Auguri, 1 Quote
Okan Posted February 19 Report Posted February 19 Very nice find, Geraint, very good condition as well.. Here is my tsuka: 6 1 Quote
Jake6500 Posted February 19 Report Posted February 19 This is a cool and unique style of craftmanship I haven't really seen before! Very nice tsuba and fuchigahira, Geraint and Okan! Quote
davel Posted February 19 Report Posted February 19 1 hour ago, Okan said: Very nice find, Geraint, very good condition as well.. Here is my tsuka: One should think that the tsuba and this f&k once were a set :)? Quote
Alex A Posted February 19 Report Posted February 19 Very nice Geraint My avatar is from a Hirado Kunishige tsuba, now lives with Ken From memory, read dragons was a popular subject of that school. 1 Quote
Geraint Posted February 19 Author Report Posted February 19 Dear All. Thank you for your contributions and to Okan for sharing his tsuka. If you are not familiar with Kunishige then this excellent article of Peter Dekker may be of interest, https://www.mandarin...ary/hirado-kunishige Edit to add: Alex, our posts crossed but I do remember that tsuba well. As for the dragon theme you are right, an NBTHK article says of him,'For an artist, Kunishige did not much vary his motives (sic) because almost all of his works show this subject of a tamaoi-ryu.' (trans: Markus Sesko) Having said that Okan's rather wonderful fuchi kashira show shachihoko, perhaps more suited to the space. All the best. 1 Quote
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