tsukagane,tsukaita?

[huckdat]

Hello all,

I ran across these pictures in my never ending search for knowledge and am interested in what you may know.I found these with no description and no link to further information...

And the link to the page i acquired the photos from(about a third of the way down).

http://www.yk.rim.or.jp/~ryusui/tokukai.html

Any discussion would be deeply appreciated

the name above the photos says "tsukaita" however the photos are named "tsukagane" when saved.

Thank you

Scott

[huckdat]

found my answer here:

http://www.thejapanesesword.com/forum/v ... p=829#p829

[huckdat]

hate to bring up an old thread.....

i have just recently gotten interested in tachi mounts.doing some research i found this....

 

if you look at these new pics with the one i posted before...

 

 

kinda interesting.

maybe cut down from an old tachi and remounted?

 

heres a link to the tachi page if anyone is interested.

http://www.daimyo-tachi.com/samurai_swo ... tachi.html

thanks again

scott

[Geraint]

Hi Scott.

 

Some time ago a pair of tsuka gane were offered for sale in one of the major London auction houses. From memory they were Goto Ichijo work. I will see if I can find the catalogue and scan the image for you. I have never come across them other than that and of course in the type of tachi mount that you illustrate save for some commissioned for a koshirae shortly after the auction.

[huckdat]

thank you Geraint,

that would be most welcome.

Scott

[Geraint]

Here you go Scott.

 

From Christie's, 28th March 1995. Described as, "A pair of Got Ichijo tsuka plates. One of shakudo decorated with a hot punched design of snow flakes and the other of shibuichi similalry decorated, each sealed Ichijop, late Edo period with box. 13cm. The shibuichi plate is of extremely high quality and the pear skin effect of the separation of the two base metals is clearly visible."

 

You will also see the daisho pair of Ichijo tsuba, lot 92, an Umetada shakudo tsuba from the Sasano collection, lot 94 and a shakudo Bushu tsuba, lot 95.

 

Lot 92 sold for £17,250.00, quite a price. The tsuka plates sold for £1,995.00. Again from memory but I can't recall the source, I believe that I have seen metal embossed to resemble same on a sword.

 

All the best.

[huckdat]

very interesting.

thank you again.

scott