Puzzling inscription on kozuka

[Nikolas]

Hello gentlemen,

as i was searching a picture for another toppic.. i stumbled across this long open task..

i am completly lost with this one

it is of nice workmanship, made of yamagane? with the reverse side in shakudo

ornaments in gold, yamagane and shakudo..

 

any clues or comments?

[cabowen]

name of maker and date...date is on top...give it a try....beautiful work......

[Nikolas]

Thanks Chris,

that took me in the right direction

 

Koka 1844

kinoto mi 42

nen year

so 1881?

 

but the mei .... no idea

once i see hide ...then... hiragana like ma, so..

then again.. are these small combinations... kind of sosho... completely lost

 

Greetings

[cabowen]

You are on the right track I think...Last kanji, bottom right, is toshi 寿

[Nikolas]

Hi Chris,

thanks a lot but here i am on a dead end!

i try but... i can not get any further

 

i thought Katsutoshi but no..

 

im sorry..this is too hard for me at my current level

 

greetings!

[Nikolas]

anybody..

[k morita]

Hi,

[Nikolas]

ah i see..

thank you Morita san to clearify that up!!

 

so i take the 42 years of kinotomi and count them up from the last known 60 year cycle.. 1804+42(41)=1845

 

and then koka 1844-1847 .. so 1845 = 2year of koka..

 

Also many thanks for the mei?

 

i seems to be a real tough one...

could it be, the kozuka was made in 1845 as a gift for some lucky day

and there is no mei but kind of a good wish inscribed?

 

Anyway i am sure it will be solved one day

Here are yome more close ups..

 

greetings!!

[Nikolas]

Dear gentlemen,

 

could the kanji on the lower left read - kore -

 

greetings!

[k morita]

Hi,

Maybe not "kore".

 

I take a guess the right motif on this Kozuka is one of picture puzzle(判じ絵).

 

A bird and winnowing basket means wealth.(鳥の「と」と箕の「み」で富)

A flower and dropping(?) means the fortunes of a family.(花の「か」と糞「うん」で家運)

The Kanji "Kakuju" means long life.

か祢　means money.(?)

[Nikolas]

Thanks a lot Morita san, for your help and effort!!

that sound convinving...

 

on the other hand, i can not really see the kanji you depicted.. but what do i know of Japanese kanji and even sosho writing

 

maybe you can enlight me how to see the kanji in the sosho script

 

with a lot of wish i could see the kanji variation for toshi in the lower right, that Chris has posted,

and i also can see hai/sakazuki on the upper left.

 

 

i have made a drawing, of the tagane what made up the kanji.. sometimes hard to distinguish from the decoration tagane.

 

 

Nikolas