The last of the museum mei

[kissakai]

Hi

 

This is more tsuba than I would normally post in one go but it is because this is the last set of the museum tsuba mei

 

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all the NMB members for all the help and advice I’ve received

Without your help this project would have never have started.

For me personally it’s been a fantastic learning curve.

I know more now that when I started but less than I thought I knew

 

In my naivety I thought the museum descriptions and catalogue were 100% correct and it was just a matter of adding my images to their descriptions. How wrong could I be!

 

My conclusion is that well to do collectors were sold tsuba with a false description due to the fact that there were so few experts in the 1900’s. When gifted to a museum the incorrect description was used for the museum’s records and no one had the knowledge to challenge these descriptions. I suppose it is the same today, so buyer beware.

 

 

The details below are a combination of the museum description, my research and via NMB PM’s

 

1

Ca.1830 - School unknown - * Masasada 正貞+ kao. I do not know the first kanji

 

 

 

 

2

Ca 1850 - School Tanaka - Looks very Tanaka school or associated with Ichijo school. I can not read the mei

 

 

 

 

3

Ca 1850 - School unknown (Hamano style and using the 'yuki' favored in the school).

However there may be an alternate reading like how the founder of Hamano 'Masayuki' is read "Shozui".

 

 

 

 

4

Date not known - School unknown - The first kanji my be Kane or Mitsu. I do not know the second kanji

 

 

 

 

5

Ca.1800 - School Akasaka of Yedo - * 吉 Yoshi. First kanji unknown

 

 

 

 

6

Ca.1800 Cira - School Myochin - RH Myochin 明弥 Minbu (no) 民部. LH 烝宗定X ; (no) Jo Munesada ? maybe saku?

No idea of the kanji on the back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Ca.1820 Cira - School Sadō - Sahu ju 住 Toshiuji Risei 製 of Sadō.

Not Risei?. 2nd kanji maybe hisa 法 or yei 住 or tama 玉

 

 

 

The final research will be to find either schools/styles and dates but another almost impossible task

Many thanks

Grev UK

[kissakai]

Oops done it again

Would one of the moderators move this to the translation section

 

 

Grev UK

[k morita]

#6

 

明珍民部 Myochin minbu.

紀宗定作 Ki (no) Munesada saku.

[kaigunair]

lovely tsuba!

[Ludolf Richter]

Hi,

#2-Ichirobei Sukeshige,H 09009

#3-Toshiyuki,H 10663 or 10665 or 10666 or 10667 (no Mei-pics available),but not the Nara guy H 10664

#4-my guess would be Hisatsune,H 01544 or 01545 or 01546 or 01547 (no Mei-pics available)

#7-Sashu ju Toshiuji.I have a pic of this Sado-Island-Tsubako with identical Mei.

Ludolf