Translation Request on Menuki Kiri Bako

[Cypress Bayou]

Have 2 questions ~

 

1} what is the translation on; a) Lid top? b) Inside of lid?

 

2} does the inscription in fact describe the menuki?

 

 

Any help will be greatly appreciated

 

All comments welcome

 

 

Thanx ~

[Markus]

Hi James,

 

The lid says:

 

古後藤

Ko-Gotô

 

獅子目貫

shishi-menuki

 

 

And the inscription on the inside of the box (hakogaki):

 

赤銅金地

shakudô-kin-ji

(shakudô and gold ground)

 

芋継容彫

imotsugi katachibori

(blind joint, motif itself forms the outward shape)

 

無銘古後藤

mumei, Ko-Gotô

(unsigned, Ko-Gotô work)

 

昭和庚戌初夏

Shôwa kanoe-inu shoka

(early summer of the year of the dog of the Shôwa era [= 1970])

 

寒山誌+花押

Kanzan shirusu + kaô

(written by [satô] Kanzan + seal)

[Cypress Bayou]

Many Thanx Markus