Attribution for a tsuba, please ...

[docliss]

Are there any suggestions as to a possible attribution for this tsuba? I believe that the mei reads KISHU (NO)JU SADAKANE, but the vertical yasurime on the plate make it very difficult to identify the kanji with any certainty. It measures 7.0 – 7.0 – 0.3 cm , and there are granular tekkotsu on the mimi. There are dark copper sekigane in the nakago-hitsu and, sadly, the shakudō umagane in the kōgai-hitsu has lost some of its patination.

 

Any suggestions will be gratefully received, John L.

[Marc BROQUIN]

Hello John, :D

 

How are you ? :D

I think you are not far from the answer.

I agree on the KISHU JU , even badly carved, it seems still recognisable. For the SADA no doubt too.

But for the KANE, I cannot find here the Kanji KANE for gold or metal use in HAYNES H.07715.0, I would prefer the TSUGU which corresponds to HAYNES 07860 which is also a KII inhabitant.

 

I admit that the proposition is not easily recognisable on the tsuba, but the features of the exposed kanji in my modest opinion seem to fit better in this way.

 

Best regards

 

Marc

[Ludolf Richter]

Hi John,I believe it's Sadanaga (Haynes H 07752,although there are 4 generations).Look at the pics from my Tosogu-database.Ludolf

[docliss]

Thank you both for your responses. I think that I favour Ludolf's SADANAGA as the most probable attribution, in view of the very marked similarity between his posted mei and that on my tsuba. The expertise in this group never ceases to amaze me. John L.