kissakai Posted July 31, 2013 Report Posted July 31, 2013 I’m trying to translate the following tsuba but this is as far as I can get Can anyone fill in the gaps? LH RH. Can’t read anything 1 – 2 Nyudo 入道 1 3 – 4 Soten 宗典 2 5 3 6 4 7 Kao 5 6 Opposite side LH side I can’t make out any of the kanji LH side. Can’t read anything RH side 1 1 – 2 Goshu 江劦 2 3 – 4 Hikone 彦根 3 5 Ju 住 Grev UK Quote
John A Stuart Posted July 31, 2013 Report Posted July 31, 2013 Identify these components. 藻柄子 Soheishi 入道 Nyudo 宗典 Soten 江州 Goshu 彦根 Hikone 高多 (x) Kitagawa Missing that last kanji in Kitagawa. John Quote
kissakai Posted July 31, 2013 Author Report Posted July 31, 2013 Thanks John This is all I can get at the moment If the 1st side – LH kanji No 7 ia a kao is it possible that No’s 5 & 6 are the makers name? 1st side – LH – Nyudo Soten * * kao 1 Nyu 入 2 do 道 3 So 宗 4 ten 典 5 ? 6 ? 7 Kao 1st side – RH – Soheishi * * * 1 So 藻 2 hei 柄 3 shi 子 4 ? 5 ? 6 ? ------------------------------ 2nd side - LH side 1 ? 2 ? 3 ? 5 Ju 住 2nd side - RH side – Goshu Hikone ju 1 Go 江 2 shu 劦 3 Hi 彦 4 kone 根 5 Ju 住 Quote
John A Stuart Posted July 31, 2013 Report Posted July 31, 2013 Left side, 5 Sei made 6 kore this 7 kao; Right side 4,5,6 Kitagawa Quote
kissakai Posted July 31, 2013 Author Report Posted July 31, 2013 Thanks John for the final translation I should have got Sei and kore I've seen a couple of Soten tsuba but none with a makers name so I would not have got these kanji Grev UK Quote
John A Stuart Posted July 31, 2013 Report Posted July 31, 2013 Here is the fnal kanji for Kitagawa 河 So, 高多河 I can not read the side opposite the 'Goshu Hikone ju', but, if you investigate other examples should be able to fill in what it should be. John Quote
ROKUJURO Posted August 1, 2013 Report Posted August 1, 2013 Amazing! The base metal looks corroded in some places, even on the SEPPA-DAI, but no gold/silver is rubbed off as far as I can see. Quote
kissakai Posted August 2, 2013 Author Report Posted August 2, 2013 An update, thanks to David and Koichi Moriyama With such a long mei which are common to many Soten tsuba I’ve added in all the Kanji so others if they wish can use this for reference. I looked in Hayes but Katagawa was not listed, but as a family name it is shown under Soten H08942/3. In Markus’s book of Genealogies the Soten school is listed thus with reference to Kitagawa: Soten 1st gen ...|... Katagawa fam. (kitagawa 高多 * using a different last kanji) ...|... Moved from Kyoto to Hikone in Omi province aka Soheishi There are four other similar references to Kitagawa I wonder if is Soten 2nd generation because it is a domestic scene rather than warriors --------------------------------------------------- 1st side – LH – Nyudo Soten sei kore with kao 1 Nyu 入 2 do 道 3 So 宗 4 ten 典 5 sei 製 6 kore 之 7 Kao 1st side – RH – Soheishi Kitagawa 1 So 藻 2 hei 柄 3 shi 子 4 ki 高 5 ta 多 6 gawa 河 ------------------------------ 2nd side - LH side Need to see this in hand and will post the results later May be something like Omi 2nd side - RH side – Goshu Hikone ju 1 Go 江 2 shu 劦 3 Hi 彦 4 kone 根 5 Ju 住 Grev UK Quote
stefanbrett Posted November 18, 2013 Report Posted November 18, 2013 Gentlemen, could anyone please add a complete translation for these characters? Regards, Stefan Quote
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