Higo Kamiyoshi Tsuba
TS0432
SOLD
Two large Higo Kamiyoshi tsuba. Comparing the two, the willow tree and chidori is the finer of tsuba. 8.22 cm x 7.86 cm x 4.7 mm. The metal is more dense and there are tekotsu in the mimi as well as granular tekotsu on the face. The mimi is slightly rounded. The chrysanthemum sukashi 8.18 cm x 8.09 cm x 3.9 mm. is designed on a flat plate, lacking the soft curve of the other. Good granular tekotsu on the face. Both are classic Kamiyoshi designs.
The problem: some hobbyist restorer, refinished them, and they are an unnatural brown. So they need to be properly refinished. They can be farmed out to a couple people who do this work for not a great deal of money, or it can be done at home with a spray bottle of distilled water, a piece of horn, some leather, and a place to hang them in the sunlight.
I have them priced to make them interesting even with their shortcomings. If they do not get sold in a reasonable time frame, I'll farm them out and have them properly colored.