help with kanji

[zatoichi]

Can anyone help with what this means?

Justin E

[kunitaro]

笹ノ露

Sasa no Tsuyu

 

* Dew on Bamboo leaf

 

When you touch bamboo leaf. dew will drop immediately.

It is meaning to say that this blade touch something, it will fall off, like dew on Bamboo leaf.

Representing sharpness of the blade.

[zatoichi]

Thank you Kunitaro-san

jusin

[Baka Gaijin]

Good morning Kunitaro san and Justin

 

Here's another blade with that name:

 

http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/se ... s/40003096

 

Somewhere in the back of my mind I recall the one in the link may have belonged to Sir Francis Festing thence to Basil (B.W.) Robinson at one time in the 1950's, but I could be wrong.

 

Here is a link to "Sasa no Tsuyu" from Col Hartley's website, an exhibition in Los Angeles in 1964 (Tachi no 26)

 

http://home.comcast.net/~colhartley/Ori ... dArmor.htm

 

 

Cheers

[Geraint]

Ah, Justin.

 

Must be rather nice to have a sword with kinzogan mei, named like that. (British understatement for, "Wow! Look at that!)

Any chance of some more images and a write up?

 

Cheers

[DirkO]

Justin,

 

Why did you ask for the translation? It's clearly and correctly stated in the eBay description. And as descriptions go, this is one of the more complete ones on ePrey.

 

- I have no connection to this eBay sale whatsoever -

[kunitaro]

It's clearly and correctly stated in the eBay description.

 

Could you please post the link ?

[DirkO]

Sure, here you go...

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/160732028408

[kunitaro]

Thanks.

It is good description.

[Jiro49]

This was up on ebay before, mayber about a year or so ago.

[zatoichi]

Dirk,

I read the description and looked up the kanji for dew and it didn't seem to match. Lots of people on ebay say lots of things, doesn't make them true. I can look up the smiths mei but not the other kanji so just trying to verify.

Justin