SALE PAGE
Lot of Two: Kaneshige Tsuba & Umetada Shigenari
TS0206 & TS0207
NEW PRICE: $900
A small sculpted tsuba by Kaneshige. 7.11 cm x 6.93 cm x 3.5 mm. Haynes lists several smiths who signed this way, I'll let you be the judge of which attribution that you choose. Hoan (late 17th - early 18th cent); Shoami (1775); Nara (1700); and a couple noted without location. My preference would be Hoan from the quality of the plate, and the fact that the Shoami smith was from Aizu. $550
A tsuba signed, Yamashiro Kuni Ju / Umetada Shigenari. 6.71 cm x 6.49 cm x 4.1 mm. A classic Umetada tsuba from the latter half of the seventeenth century. Shigenari, who also signed Narishige, worked in Fujishima in Yamashiro province 1650 - 1700. He was a prolific smith, who worked in Kaneiye style. This tsuba is pictured in Robert E. Haynes, Ltd. Catalog 10, October 1984, lot #103. His work is represented in Lundgren collection and the Soul of The Samurai, the Vancouver catalog 1993 page 55, color photograph X. Ref Haynes H 08404.0 $650
CLICK TO RETURN UMETADA MOTOSHIGE
Robert E. Haynes, Ltd. Catalog 10, October 1984, lot #103
Nobuiye
TS0208
NEW PRICE: $600
A large iron tsuba signed, Nobuiye. 9.4 cm x 8.44 cm x 3.9 mm. Very good plate finished in the style reminiscent of Myochin Nobuiye, which of course this is not. However, this is an excellent tsuba perfect for either mounting or collecting. $725
Large Tosho Tsuba
TS0054
NEW PRICE: $600
A large Early Edo Ko Tosho tsuba 8.9 cm x 8.3 cm (3.5625" x 3.25"). The surface is covered with granular tekotsu. This is not an artificial finish, it is the character of the metal. Beautiful rich patina. There are no hitsuana, and the only decoration is a large conch in sukashi. I had initially thought this to be Momoyama, but learned that it is early Edo, and so I have reduced the price. $1,500
Lot of Three: Kinai Butterfly, Akao, & Shoami Tsuba
TS0314
NEW PRICE: $700
A butterfly tsuba, one of the classic designs of Echizen Kinai. 7.65 cm x 7.54 cm x 3.7 mm. Much of the gold and silver highlights are intact.
The Kinai used the family name of Takahashi. There were six generations, the first generation died in Genroku 9 (1696), the last died in the Meiji era. The first generation was associated with the Yasutsugu. It was believed that the first three generations did not sign their work, but according to Robert Haynes about half their work was not signed. $250
An iron Akao tsuba 6.99 cm x 6.29 cm x 5 mm on the sides 4.5 at top & bottom.
SOLD
Shoami tsuba of water plantain (omodaka) and double ginger leaves (dakimyoga). 7.7. cm x 7.7 cm. Good picture, good iron, Edo period. Some superficial rusting, which will clean with a stiff brush. $650
