Need Some Help With Mei Translation

[Thierry BERNARD]

I am absolutly not confident about my translation and some kanji missing !

 

could you help me??

 

正阿弥  本乙材土作之
?? 己卯 年睦月

 

Thanks

[Fuuten]

I can't help or correct you on the translation, but that's a very elegant (what i think is a) crane, however it also has the chic elongated neck of a swan. Any photo of the entire tsuba? (just for enjoyment).

 

Lovely tsuba.

[christianmalterre]

Gimei.- not authentic.

 

Christian

[Thierry BERNARD]

Gimei.- not authentic.

 

Christian

Yes but it's not the question !

[Thierry BERNARD]

I can't help or correct you on the translation, but that's a very elegant (what i think is a) crane, however it also has the chic elongated neck of a swan. Any photo of the entire tsuba? (just for enjoyment).

 

Lovely tsuba.

[Markus]

Hm, not sure but seems to be SHOAMI MATSUNO KORE O SAKU (正阿弥枩埜作之).

Also not sure about the date. 己卯 equals, among others, to 1999. Don't know if the right side of the date is kind of a " compound form" of Heisei eleven (i.e. 1999). Also odd that one character has been removed...

[SteveM]

正阿弥  本乙材土作之

?? 己卯 年睦月

 

I don't think that's 乙 under the first kanji. I think it's just an errant stroke (or a mistake that the person tried to obscure). It looks to me like the first two kanji are just supposed to be a typical Japanese last name, 木林 or maybe 本林. Or, perhaps 木村 or 本村. Similarly, the 土 below that doesn't seem to fit either.

 

Opposite side

己卯年睦月

Tsuchiinotō Mutsuki 

 

Tsuchinotō (Year), January . The list of possible candidates for Tsuchinotō are as below

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%B1%E5%8D%AF

 

 

The scribble to the right of the above kanji I think is a failed attempt at a kanji. Or maybe a failed attempt at a kao. Directly above it, something has been deliberate removed by scratching it out. It looks like someone started writing something, then realized it was wrong or bad, and then deliberately obscured the whole thing. Perhaps the bottom part was an attempt at 事 or 筆. It also looks like it has elements of 兼 (as is often found in mei). 

[SteveM]

Edit: Following Markus's post, 枩埜 is a definite candidate. It would certainly account for the 土 under 林. The 枩 looks like a bit of a stretch (its a very odd rendition of 公 under the 木), but it fits with 埜 for sure. 

[John A Stuart]

The only bit I was sure of was Shoami. Haaaa! John

[Thierry BERNARD]

The only bit I was sure of was Shoami. Haaaa! John

me too !

 

thank you all for your help!!

[Markus]

@Steve: It's actually a common rendition of 公

 

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