Help with a Kotsuka Please

[Grey Doffin]

Hi Guys,

May I have romaji and translation for the gold inlay and mei on this kotsuka?  It will be for sale.

Thank you,  Grey

[Shugyosha]

Hi Grey,

In gold - 黒坂義知應需

- Kurasaka Yoshimoto ōjū - Responding to Kurasaka Yoshimoto's request.

I'm a little less confident of this bit: 東塩子 - Higashi Shiogo - a place name I think.

源 一 造之 - Minamoto [ ] Kazu (maybe read Ichi) Tsukuru Kore. I'm missing the second kanji on this line.

Sorry for the mixture of fonts.

[Babu]

Can we see the front? 

[Grey Doffin]

Thank you John,

I also have a problem with that 2nd kanji; it doesn't appear in the dictionary.  Does anyone know what it is?

Grey

[Babu]

That's nice, let me know when your ready to sell. Talk to Mark he's in regular contact with me. 

 

[kyushukairu]

  On 8/19/2020 at 2:00 PM, Shugyosha said:

I'm a little less confident of this bit: 東塩子 - Higashi Shiogo - a place name I think.

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I think 東塩子 is actually a gō ( possibly read Tōenshi), rather than a place name.

 

 

  On 8/19/2020 at 2:41 PM, Grey Doffin said:

I also have a problem with that 2nd kanji; it doesn't appear in the dictionary.  Does anyone know what it is?

 

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 The second character looks like 與 to me, which is read as 'yo' or 'tomo'. 

[Grey Doffin]

Hi guys,

Markus Sesko came to the rescue with a translation.  See it and more (maybe better) pictures of the piece here:

https://www.japaneseswordbooksandtsuba.com/store/tsuba-%26-kodogu/f208-special-order-kotsuka-okikazu-spectacular-dragon

Thank you all,  Grey

[Kurikata]

Nice looking Kozuka 👀

[Shugyosha]

  On 8/20/2020 at 3:41 AM, Grey Doffin said:

Hi guys,

Markus Sesko came to the rescue with a translation.  See it and more (maybe better) pictures of the piece here:

https://www.japaneseswordbooksandtsuba.com/store/tsuba-%26-kodogu/f208-special-order-kotsuka-okikazu-spectacular-dragon

Thank you all,  Grey

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Nice!!