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Subject:tsuba
Posted By: Glen Sun, Apr 15, 2018 IP: 2600:1700:e090:79a0: Hello: |
Subject:Re: tsuba
Posted By: Henry Wilson Mon, Apr 16, 2018 The design is of two gourds. What makes you think that they are bamboo? Usually they are a soft metal. It is hard to date the tsuba from the pcitures but it could be late Edo period. The Meiji period saw a ban of swords so the market for practical tsuba collapsed. Meji Taisho work is usually a lot more gorgoeus as they are typically made as art, not as functional tsuba. |
Subject:Re: tsuba
Posted By: Glen Tue, Apr 17, 2018 Thanks Henry. In person its easy to tell that the inserts are bamboo. They've shrunk slightly and have partly returned to their convex form. One side of each is the original bamboo surface. They're clearly old, though maybe not as old as the tsuba. I haven't seen anything similar. |
Subject:Re: tsuba
Posted By: Henry Wilson Wed, Apr 18, 2018 You are welcome Glen. Bamboo inserts are quite unusal. You could check out the Nihonto Message Board for more information. |
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