Mei translation

[Justin]

Hi, can anyone please help with the character after Masa in the photo below. Have looked through my books but can't find it. Thanks!

 

[Peter Bleed]

Well, gee.

The character is "Naga" or "mama" as in Nelson 5004. But I have no idea how it might be read in a kozuka mei.

Peter

[Gabriel L]

Printed kanji are easy to find by radical:

http://jisho.org/kanji/radicals/

 

Spoiler for the lazy

隨 Sui? (Yuki)

 

Now... not entirely sure of the reading in this context TBH... "Masasui" sounds/looks wrong.

 

Aha, found the correct reading here.

 

Well, gee.

The character is "Naga" or "mama" as in Nelson 5004. But I have no idea how it might be read in a kozuka mei.

Peter

Close but no cigar Peter... look close. Not the same kanji.

[Peter Bleed]

Well, gee.

I am NOT convinced - and I don't want a cigar!. If it is not 5004, it is 5021- which refers us back to - ahhh - 5004

Please give us a nelson number - for those of us who recall the 360 to the dollar yen!

Peter

[Peter Bleed]

Oh, I see. so it is ponounced "Shozui"?

[Gabriel L]

Well, gee.

I am NOT convinced - and I don't want a cigar!. If it is not 5004, it is 5021- which refers us back to - ahhh - 5004

Please give us a nelson number - for those of us who recall the 360 to the dollar yen!

Peter

 

It is Nelson 5021. I don't speak or study Japanese except in an extremely limited sense as it pertains to nihonto, so I wasn't commenting on how related the kanji are or their semantic meanings or readings – purely on the strict form of the kanji, which in this case is definitely 5021 and not 5004. But if you tell me that 5004 is just another form of 5021 then I will gladly trust you on that.

[Justin]

Thanks very much guys. Masayuki (Shozui) is mentioned in the Haynes Index, but sadly no information. Looks like another unrecorded artist. I have a mumei kozuka very similar to this one and was hoping to find out more about it.