BC170 A very Good  quality Choshu School Tsuba  Autumn leafs motif

As with all Choshu tsuba there is plenty of fine carving and the dark chocolate color is present. This one is signed Choshu hogi Ju Saku no Shin Tomohisa. Motif is of autumn leaves and seeds - Ginko leaf, maple leaf, oak leaf , acorns ,pine needle and cone. The gold nunome is still intact on the leaves and acorns.  This design is illustrated on another tsuba but by a different maker in the NBTHK  Journal( Token Bijutsu)  Choshu articles. In the NBTHK Journal  of eleven monthly installments there is a very extensive article on the Choshu school. Whomever buys this tsuba will also get the Token Bijutsu  magazines. Choshu smiths did very nice detail work as shown by the bug eaten hole in the leaf on the right. This smith was working late 17th century and there is thought to be two or three generations.  In the book Choshu no Tsuba by Murakami  kosuke. There is a daisho on pg 38  made by this smith. It says he worked in Kyoho jidai ( 1716 -1735). The second is thought to have worked in 1750. If you are a tsuba collector you need to have an example of Choshu work.  In kiri wood box

Size: 7.3 cm ht x 7 cm w x 5mm seppa depth,  2 13/16 " ht x  2 11/16" w

Price: $760