jelda44 Posted June 17, 2021 Report Posted June 17, 2021 Greetings friends. Can you please help me with the translation of mei on my menpo ? Arigato Jiri Quote
uwe Posted June 17, 2021 Report Posted June 17, 2021 Hi Jiri, right side is “中八幡源武保” (Nakahachiman Minamoto Takeyasu). Late Edo period! Left side in a few minutes.... ”七十六才造?” (Made at the age of 76?). Cannot make out the last character and not sure about the 六...but almost.... 2 Quote
Shugyosha Posted June 17, 2021 Report Posted June 17, 2021 Hi Uwe, I thought maybe 九 (made at the age of 79). Couldn’t do much with the other side though. 1 1 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted June 18, 2021 Report Posted June 18, 2021 Good work guys. 79 is a ripe old age to be fashioning metal!!! 1 Quote
uwe Posted June 18, 2021 Report Posted June 18, 2021 3 hours ago, Bugyotsuji said: Good work guys. 79 is a ripe old age to be fashioning metal!!! That’s true Piers! Yes John, you are right! Sometimes you staring on these kanji and all you can see are strokes... Jiri, can you please post pictures of the menpō?! 1 Quote
Luc T Posted June 18, 2021 Report Posted June 18, 2021 And our friend Sasama said: Takeyasu (武保) Nakahachiman Takeyasu (中八幡武保), late Edo period, lived in Edo. He was an armourer of the Hachisuka family (蜂須賀) who were daimyô of the Tokushima fief (徳島藩) of Awa province. His income was 4 koku and a stipend for the support of three persons. There is an iron black-lacquered navy blue sugake-laced gomai-dô-gusoku by Takeyasu extant whose kote are signed „Ashû-shin Nakahachiman Takeyasu kore o saku“ (阿州臣中八幡武保作之), the suneate are signed „Ashû-shin Minamoto Takeyasu kore o saku“ (阿州臣 源武保作之) and the haidate „Ashû-shin Takeyasu saku“ (阿州臣保作). We also know signatures of the kind „Ashû-shin – Minamoto Takeyasu kore o tsukuru“ (阿州臣・源武保造之). 1 Quote
jelda44 Posted June 19, 2021 Author Report Posted June 19, 2021 I attach a photo and thank you very much for your help with the translation. Jiri 4 1 Quote
Luc T Posted June 19, 2021 Report Posted June 19, 2021 wow...very impressive tengu! thanks for sharing! Quote
Gakusee Posted June 19, 2021 Report Posted June 19, 2021 Hi Jiri! You seem to have a thing for tengu I would be keen on finding some good legitimate examples too. Quote
Laurent in France Posted June 23, 2021 Report Posted June 23, 2021 A very nice armor 👌..as said ..certainly from the bakumatsu period... Quote
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