Kanji On Tsuba Box

[Kurikata]

Hello,

I has those two kanji on a tsuba box containing an Heianjo Tsuba... It down not look as 平安 (Heianjo)

 

Does someone can give me an help on the meaning of such Kanji?

 

 

Thank you

[christianmalterre]

i just can tell and speak from past.....actually do not know how the present "habitude" is going on ?....

 

normally.. (prewar custom was in old times)- on old boxes, you do see the writing ( attribution-LOL!) on inside of the cover one, together with an seal....(most times in red ink...several times in blue or brown ink colouration)

 

to beware you but from spending too much money...

 

such has got nothing to do with any slightest significance!

 

so!

 

do keep the box ( to its Tsuba)- only  IF!!!  there is a seconding origami to this whole ensemble...( most times but, the " origami" is but !??? - missing... )-LOL!

 

otherwise (?)

 

- just very simple..do throw it away!

 

 

Christian

[SteveM]

I don't know what the kanji on that box are supposed to represent, but it doesn't look anything like Heianjō.

Heianjō is a three-kanji compound word written as 平安城

 

平　=  peace, tranquil  hei

安　=  safe, safety, security an

城　=  castle jō

 

In this case, Heianjō is a pronoun, and refers to a place, and therefore the individual kanji meanings are not super helpful in understanding the significance. Heianjō should be understood to mean the city of Kyōto, which in medieval times was called by various names: Heian, Heiankyō, Yamashiro, etc...In the specialized area of swords and fittings, it either refers to the place itself, or to a certain school of artists who emerged from the area. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heian-ky%C5%8D

[SteveM]

By the way, if you copy and paste the kanji into a search engine and add "wiktionary", you will find out all about that individual kanji.

Again, not always useful for understanding pronouns or some compound words or idioms, but it does tell you the origin of each kanji.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B3

[Curran]

Steve,

 

Very useful trick. Thank  you.

[k morita]

Hi,

 

The kanji on the box says "Yoshirō" (与四郎)

[Bugyotsuji]

Morita San rocks!  

[Kurikata]

Thank you all of you for you kind advices (Steve) and again for your expertise (Morita San). Once again my feeling is "The more I know, the less I know"