Viper6924 Posted August 22, 2013 Report Posted August 22, 2013 Hi Guys! Helping fellow boardmember Anthony with a teppo he just added to his collection. It´s a massive 10 monme-type gun of almost 14 kilo. Length 92,7 cm. Mei: Goshu Kunitomo Ju Udayu Noriyasu Made around 1840-1850. On the barrel is a Tokugawa-mon. There is also silver kanjis on top of the barrel. Would be fantastic to know the meaning? Thanks! Jan Quote
k morita Posted August 23, 2013 Report Posted August 23, 2013 Hi Jan, Probably, nobody (not Moriyama-san) was able to read the silver Kanji of the barrel until now. Please understand that there are very few persons who can read this difficult the silver Kanji even in Japan. Don't worry ,I can read it. :D The meaning is: Don't grieve your parents. / Don't let parents feel shameful. Quote
Anthony de Vos Posted August 23, 2013 Report Posted August 23, 2013 Hello! Thank you Morita san! Anthony Quote
Drago Posted August 23, 2013 Report Posted August 23, 2013 So... Does this mean that you should fight bravely so your cowardice doesn't bring dishonor on you family? Quote
Brian Posted August 23, 2013 Report Posted August 23, 2013 Maybe don't dishonour your parents/ancestors? Brian Well done Morita san. Would love to hear about what you studied to be able to read these scripts. Are you a language scholar/professional? Quote
Viper6924 Posted August 23, 2013 Author Report Posted August 23, 2013 Classic Confucius. Looking at the possible date for this gun, the middle of the 19th century, You could perhaps even stretch it to mean "Don´t dishonour the emperor" The no 1 "parent" of Japan. Black clouds were sweeping over the islands of the Gods, in shape of the southern barbarians. Your duty as a samurai was to protect the country with all possible means. Well, thats my take on it Jan Quote
k morita Posted August 26, 2013 Report Posted August 26, 2013 Jan, (1) These five characters are a phrases from [ 詩経,The Classic of Poetry] of China. Not Confucius. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_of_Poetry (2) Although each kanji character on the barrel is beautiful, these five characters are not written with one style of brushwriting. Some manner of brushwriting is mixed. like Fig1. Quote
k morita Posted August 27, 2013 Report Posted August 27, 2013 I bought an old book from the secondhand book shop today, in order to interpret five characters on [ 詩経,The Classic of Poetry]. The book explains [ 詩経,The Classic of Poetry] in detail. Quote
Viper6924 Posted August 27, 2013 Author Report Posted August 27, 2013 Dear Morita-san! Only one word: WOW NMB:s living nation treasure, hands down. Your knowledge is beyond fantastic. Thanks a lot for taking Your time in helping me and Anthony. Jan Quote
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