Need Translation For Mino Tetsupo

[fromaes]

It would be very nice if  menber could give me a translation for this inscription found on teppo .

Best

 

Cerjak

[Gunome]

The numbers say 壬申 802.

This gun barrel was recorded in one of the Meiji general registration round-ups starting in 1873.

You need to remove the barrel to check if there is a gunsmith signature.

[Bugyotsuji]

Probably the famous first one in 1873, as that was a Jinshin 壬申 year.

 

新治懸　Niihari Ken, the old/extinct name for an area straddling Ibaraki and Chiba.

[fromaes]

The numbers say 壬申 802.

This gun barrel was recorded in one of the Meiji general registration round-ups starting in 1873.

You need to remove the barrel to check if there is a gunsmith signature.

Hello

 

Thank you so much for the translation so if  I have well understood( my English is not so good) this teppo was made before 1873 In this case how old it could be ?

I will remove the barrel to see if there is a signature

Best

CERJAK

[fromaes]

Probably the famous first one in 1873, as that was a Jinshin 壬申 year.

 

新治懸　Niihari Ken, the old/extinct name for an area straddling Ibaraki and Chiba.

Hello

 

Thank you so much for the translation I had not expected a so quick answer

Best

 

Cerjak

[Bugyotsuji]

Hello Cerjac, this type of gun was made in Yonezawa from the early 1600s and followed a pattern (iron ramrod, etc.) that was distinct from other Japanese Tanegashima type guns and kept up until the late 1860s. Seki-Ryu, like yours, was almost exactly the same shape and style although more decorated, and again they followed roughly the same spec. The signature may help us to narrow down the date, but do not expect too much. We can say that your gun was made probably in late Edo, ie 1800-1850, but possibly earlier.