Assistance Wanted And Appreciated

[svarsh]

Would anyone help with this inscription? Thank you very much in advance. 

Also, an insight into school/age would be of great help.

 

Sergei

 

P.S. There will be more soon, please stay tuned:)

[Peter Bleed]

We gee. This one seems easy enough that a non-tsuba guy like me can read it.

Bushu ju Masamitsu

I'll leave the second part of your question to experts.

Peter

[Surfson]

I'm not a tsuba expert, but the Bushu/Choshu schools did this sort of carving.  This seems to me to be a classic guard from those/that school.  Very nice.  Cheers, Bob

[svarsh]

Thank you very much Peter and Bob for your invaluable help. I will post more pieces for identification and deciphering. 

With best regards,

Sergei

[kyushukairu]

As Peter said, Bushu ju Masamistu (武州住正光) and he worked in the Bushū-Itō school from mid to late Edo

[svarsh]

Thank you Kyle so mush indeed!

[svarsh]

[What about this signature, school, age? Please help.

Thank you.

Sergei

[uwe]

"Yatsushiro Jingo saku" I guess.

[peterd]

Nice

[Surfson]

Does it say hachidai?  

[svarsh]

Thank you Uwe! I found the guy. It was a signature of one of the last Jingo masters: Chisokutei Amatsune.

[svarsh]

I get tremendous help from community, thank you guys. One more signature is here. Please continue your support.

I really appreciate your help.

Sergei

[uwe]

Looks like "Chōshu Kawaji ju Hisatsugu saku" to me.

You can try yourself for the next one and come back here to discuss your results

[svarsh]

Thank you, Uwe. I found the guy. Yearly 19th century. A look alike piece is in the Hartman Collection, 1976.

I'll try the next one, but if it has any kanji that were not on the previous pieces, I don't expect a success:-).

Sergei

[Shugyosha]

Sergei,

 

This isn't rocket science - it can be a bit tricky but you can handle it. Spend an hour reading around how to count the strokes in kanji and how the radicals work and it will give you the nuts and bolts. After that just try to do a couple every day - the Aoi website is good as the items are described in Japanese and English so you can take a stab and then check and correct yourself.

 

Have fun!!

[svarsh]

OK, let's try. I read this as Masaharu (probably the guy from Nomura school in Edo, mid 18th century). Am I right? But what's the strange thing below "haru"?

Any clues?

[Surfson]

You are right.  It appears to be a kao.  

[svarsh]

Oh, it's a kao!

[svarsh]

This one was beyond my talents... Please tell...

 

[Surfson]

Nara Shige (haru?)

[svarsh]

Nara Shigeharu... Got it!

[svarsh]

Now, I am checking my learning abilities. This signature to my reading must be Hidetomo. Please let  me know whether I am right or not.

[Shugyosha]

Bang on the money...  

[uwe]

Well done Sergei!

[svarsh]

I am making progress! Learning is never too late...

What about this one?

[Toryu2020]

Does it say hachidai?

 

Robert - not Hachidai but Yatchiro or Yatsushiro a place name in Higo...

-t

[Toryu2020]

Sergei

the right column is often a place name or title

 

the left column is most often the signature...

 

-t

[svarsh]

Thank you, Tom. There is a Soten (I managed to decipher So-Ten), but there is much more written here. May be you help me here as well?

[Toryu2020]

The picture on the left is the place name

 

the right column in the right picture is a buddhist lay name...

-t

[Surfson]

Thanks Tom.  Sometimes they stick other information in their, like their age (can't imagine wanting to brag about being aged....).  Cheers, B