That's very nice Stu, the intricate details i always find fascinating, the more you look - the more you see!
A friend of mine has one with Samurai archers on horseback, same sort of amazing detail.
I've added a pic of my one solitary tsuba. It is Raiden, the god of thunder.
I bought it a while back because it reached out and spoke to me.... and i was cashed up!
I have no idea what school or smith, but i assume it is edo period.
Ern
Here's another from one of my swords, it has tiny little panels that when you zoom in on, show a great amount of detail! One is of a peacock, the other of a goat, i don't know what significance they have.
i'm amazed at how they could of made them.
I assume the rest of the tsuba background is clouds?
Ern
Nice sukashi tsuba Stu.Construction appears to be early Edo period. As John Yumoto Sensei used to say, a true functional tsuba requiresd a strong rim, which this guard has.
BOB
LIFE'S LOSERS NEVER LEARN FROM THE ERROR OF THEIR WAYS.
amazing workmanship.
Very nice Stu!
I really like the first one.
Ralph.
Searching for anything relating to, Anton Boos, 934 Stamm. Kp. Pz. Erz. Abt. 7, 3 Kompanie, Panzer-Regiment 2, 16th Panzer-Division (My father)
Yes, background squiggles represent clouds.
The seal:
宗親
Munechika
In googling the kanji and romaji, there are other artisans named Munechika .... but use different kanji. I'm hoping our resident experts can identify your tsuba's maker.
--Guy
DUDE!!!
Your tsuba's twin brother is in the Oxford University Ashmolean Museum!!
Mokkō-shaped tsuba with fan mounts depicting a phoenix and a unicorn
Associated place
Japan (place of creation)
Date
19th century (1801 - 1900)
Artist/maker
Munechika (active 19th century) (armourer)
Material and technique
iron, with stamped silver
Dimensions
8.3 x 7.7 x 0.4 cm (height x width x depth)
Material index
iron,
silver
Technique index
forged,
stamped,
stamped
Object type index
tsuba
No. of items
1
Credit line
Bequeathed by Sir Arthur H. Church, 1915.
Accession no.
EAX.10211
Nice Tsubas guys.
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