Umetada Tsuba

[Ed Hicks]

Umetada school Tsuba

[ububob]

Lovely piece of work with a peaceful theme for a peaceful time.

[Soshin]

Thanks for posting a wonderful Umetada tsuba. :D Gold inlay work along the mimi with a ji of shakudo is very nice. I have a few examples of the school's work in iron with soft metal inlays of brass (shinchu-zogan). What are the measurements including thickness for your tsuba that you posted for discussion?

 

 

 

Yours truly,

David S.

[Surfson]

Fabulous! Beautiful pitch black shakudo. What is the sukashi theme? Are those daikon?

[Ed Hicks]

I hadn't thought about daikon...always reminded me of a rabbit's ears! Tsuba is katana size and I'll list exact size later.Ed

  Surfson said:

Fabulous! Beautiful pitch black shakudo. What is the sukashi theme? Are those daikon?

[Curran]

Probably Umetada.

Inspect the keyfret under a loop, looking for any open channels on the mimi or thereabout.

If the keyfret is all inlaid using gold wire, you may have a Kozenji tsuba instead of an Umetada tsuba.

 

My wife would like this one. Thank you for sharing.

[raven2]

Beautiful piece.

[historian2]

very nice...Erich

[Bugyotsuji]

Agreed. Beautiful, sensitive work.