Min Lee Posted February 9, 2014 Report Posted February 9, 2014 just took delivery of a new tsuba. it looks to have a mei on the tsuba and some kanji written in the brown paper wrapper it came in. I don't read Japanese so any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. wrapping paper mei Quote
k morita Posted February 10, 2014 Report Posted February 10, 2014 Hi, #1 pic: It means "four hundred forty six",446 Quote
Min Lee Posted February 10, 2014 Author Report Posted February 10, 2014 it's the translation olympics! gold goes to morita san, silver to nobody san! nobody san fought hard but was just off by 1/100th of a second. but what courage he shown fighting for the gold! :D in all seriousness though, thank you both. guess it was #446 tsuba in the seller's inventory or something. any idea on the mei? I know it's hard to read due to crappy pic and hammer mark/decorations around it. sorry. Thank you. Quote
cabowen Posted February 10, 2014 Report Posted February 10, 2014 as for the mei, all I see is one kanji, maybe "toshi" 利 Quote
Min Lee Posted February 10, 2014 Author Report Posted February 10, 2014 thank you so much. cool. my tsuba was made by Toshi san. thanks again everyone. oh, and sorry for the Olympics spew. Been watching the Olympics nonstop and I'm all in the spirit... plus perhaps too much coffee... Quote
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