Kozuka Mei

[Gunome]

Hello,

I thinks the mei of this kozuka read Tomomori 友盛 + Kao

Can someone confirm me the correct reading ?

 

Thanks

 

Sébastien

[Curran]

Look at it as 3 characters.

 

Tomo +  (?)  +   a Kao [maker's mark]

 

Off the top of my head, don't know what is the 2nd character.

Steve or Markus [the Wunderkinderen] will probably nail it down before I even finish typing this.

 

[John A Stuart]

Tomonari 友成 John

[Gunome]

Curran, John,

Thanks for your help to translate this mei.

 

If someone have any information about this maker, I would be grateful.

 

Thanks

 

Sebastien

[Stephen]

May we see his work?

[Gunome]

Yes, of course.

Here is a pics of the kozuka. Ground is ishime and not nanako.

 

Ishiguro school ?

 

[SteveM]

Wakayama's reference tells me his real last name was Yamamoto, that he worked in Nagasaki, and that he continued working until the Meiji era. He also signed as Munehide (宗英), and was a student of Tomohide (友英). 

 

Nice looking kozuka!

[ROKUJURO]

If this was bought from KLEFISCH (lot 500, Auction 91) they added the following information:

                     TOMONARI (H 10010) had been working in Hamano style.

Hope that helps! 

[Stephen]

good stuff

[Gunome]

Hello,

 

Thanks to all for your lot of information

 

 

Sébastien