Help required with Tsuba Mei

[wakiboy]

I’m not a fittings person and therefore have no books on the subject, can you please help translate this Mei.

Many thanks in advance.

Ian

[mywei]

乙柳軒味墨 Otsuryuken Miboku

行年七十一才 aged 71 years

[wakiboy]

Thank you Matt

is this the artists name?

what period would this be?

approximate age?

do you have any idea what school it is?

So many questions I’m grateful for any help.

Ian

 

[mywei]

Hi Ian

 

Yes Miboku is the artist name, but it's a pseudonym used by some artists of the Hamano school

 

Perhaps one of the fittings experts on NMB can give you a more in depth opinion on which artist/authenticity

 

This thread might help 

 

[Bugyotsuji]

Not an expert, but my book gives five Hamano artists using both names of Otsuryuken and Miboku, and they stretch from 明和 Meiwa to Kansei 寛政 1764-1800, kind of mid-Edo Period.

[wakiboy]

Thank you for the information, I’m surprised they can be that old as they are both in great condition and look modern.

Thank you again…

Ian

[Geraint]

Dear Ian.

 

When you say, 'they', does that mean you have a daisho set?

 

All the best.

[wakiboy]

Hi Geraint

Yes I picked up a Daisho at the weekend and these are the tsuba.

Ian