Ono tsuba pics

[rkg]

Hey guys,

 

Here's some images of an ono tsuba I just shot - still trying to figure out whether to include it in my spring cleaning or not, and thought you might enjoy looking at the images in any case:

 

 

 

and for those of you who find my VR image sets interesting here's a couple of html5 versions of this piece - note that I messed up the nomenclature that the on

this, so the front is labeled "back" and visa versa :-/:

 

http://www.rkgphotos.com/sale_stuff/ono/ono_back/ono_back.html

http://www.rkgphotos.com/sale_stuff/ono/ono_front/ono_front.html

 

And yeah, it might look familiar - its also shown here:

http://home.earthlink.net/~jggilbert/ono.htm

 

Best,

 

rkg

(Richard George)

[Soshin]

Richard G.,

 

I have just about finished my Spring cleaning of my tsuba collection myself. Please let everyone know if you decide to part ways with it. A very nice example of Ono school work.:D The twin kasa design is characteristic of the Yagyu family kamon. Therefore it could get the Yagyu label attached to it at a shinsa. I just noticed something new looking at your photos. Is that a sword cut at the lower left side a facing the omote side? The shape of the damage remind me of a sword cut. Thanks for taking the time to answer my question.

 

 

 

Yours truly,

David Stiles

[Jorgensen]

Very nice tsuba and interesting shape. I like it!

 

And good job with the pictures. Its much better than a scan I think.

 

Where did you find that little tsuba stand? I would like to have some too.

[Soshin]

Hi Richard G.,

 

Found a funny website link http://www.zazzle.com/yaguu_kasa_tshirts-235350744256616393 with bady clothes with the Yagyu Kamon on them. This is just to show that I was talking about the Yagyu family kamon being twin kasa. What would Kamiizumi Ise-no-kami Fujiwara Nobutsuna think?

 

 

 

Yours truly,

David Stiles

[rkg]

David,

 

Thanks on the piece, though it was bought and is winging its way to the new perspective owner.

 

on the "cut" - I actually believe this was done by the tsubako - One of the kantei points to this school is the "fake" bones - apparently they sometimes end up looking like this (they'll dig up material

and hammer it down...)

 

Interesting on one of the yagyu thing - that pointer to a t-shirt with the twin kasa on it was hilarious :-)

 

Best,

 

rkg

(Richard George)

 

Richard G.,

 

I have just about finished my Spring cleaning of my tsuba collection myself. Please let everyone know if you decide to part ways with it. A very nice example of Ono school work.:D The twin kasa design is characteristic of the Yagyu family kamon. Therefore it could get the Yagyu label attached to it at a shinsa. I just noticed something new looking at your photos. Is that a sword cut at the lower left side a facing the omote side? The shape of the damage remind me of a sword cut. Thanks for taking the time to answer my question.

 

 

 

Yours truly,

David Stiles

[rkg]

Thanks on the images.

 

I picked up the stands at the local Tap Plastics.... You can probably find something similar online somewhere or at your local store fixtures supply store.

 

Best,

 

rkg

(Richard George)

 

Very nice tsuba and interesting shape. I like it!

 

And good job with the pictures. Its much better than a scan I think.

 

Where did you find that little tsuba stand? I would like to have some too.

[Toryu2020]

Richard -

On Jim's page that you link to this tsuba appears to be described as HOAN, did we miss something in your paot?

-t

[rkg]

No.

 

FWIW, Jim listed several possibilities for the piece at the time. the kantei points on this piece pointing to Ono is the design style, metal (though admittedly several the owari "schools" used something

similar - especially later on), and most importantly the "fake" bones.

 

Best,

 

rkg

 

Richard -

On Jim's page that you link to this tsuba appears to be described as HOAN, did we miss something in your paot?

-t

 

EDIT: changed my flip comment about owari metals to be more correct...

[Curran]

Ono, or close.

Not Hoan.