From France

[kissakai]

Hi to our French NMB members

Can someone translate this tsuba identity label?

 

 

[Bugyotsuji]

Interesting! I can read about 95% of that but two or three points are unclear.

To get the ball rolling…

 

Guessing that Marou = maru 

Époque = Age/Period

Muromashi = Muromatchi/Muromachi

Fer = iron

Japon = Japan

Amida yasuri (rays)

 

At bottom, “Probably representing two measuring boxes, ‘Masu’ in Japanese.”

 

Provenance, Belles, 1971(?)

[xiayang]

Piers already got most of it.  The last sentence is:

 

D'après M. Antoine-Funakoshi cela représenterait peut-être des décors de dessins de cloisons coulissantes séparant 2 pièces.

 

According to M. Antoine-Funakoshi this might represent the decorations drawn on the sliding partitions that separate two rooms.

[kissakai]

Many thanks

So Mid Muromachi 1410 - 1490

Late Muromachi 1490 - 1568

No school stated

Any guesses on school and date?

I suppose it should now go onto the tosogu page

 

 

 

[Bugyotsuji]

It says 18th c, crossed out, then 16th c, then (?). 

The first attribution above of ‘windows in negative sukashi’ may be the best description.

 

I’m thinking that temple windows and Amida yasuri might go well together.

The other (unlikely) possibility is of two fire striking irons, hi-utchi-gané 火打金. Or tamaté-bako lady’s vanity boxes.

[vajo]

I have some Tsuba from the Paul Coninck collection. That was sold by Trudel Klefisch (Auction House several years ago). 

You can search in the Van Ham Auction catalogues for him.

 

https://www.van-ham.com/fileadmin/Redaktion/Auktionen/Katalog_PDF/A347_Asiatische Kunst.pdf

[vajo]

I think Satem means Soten?

[kissakai]

Hi Chris

I agree it is shown as Soten but it's nothing like the Soten examples I've seen before

Mine wasn't in that auction but another one I own is

P200 T533

I don't expect you have the selling price for this tsuba

I had this on the NMB some time ago as I had no idea for the design

A translation describes it thus: Stirrups and Masashino grass so that was something new but no idea about Masahino grass

[kissakai]

I found this

Stirrups and Masashino grass. The Stirrups of Musashi refers to a book reporting the Great fire of Meireki in 1657 (according to "Tsuba - Kodōgu Gadai Jiten" by Numata Kenji).

Part of the description says that from *ancient times Abumi were made for the aristocracy in the Musashi area.

Shows good linear tekkotsu on the rim

[Bugyotsuji]

武蔵野 Musashino… (dew etc.) in the long grasses of Musashino

[vajo]

I found this 

 

"..a round iron tsuba with pierced abstract design, shakudo rim." Christies Auction 2017

 

 

 

Thats a job for Dale 

[kissakai]

I have described it as two boxes

 

[Bugyotsuji]

The ‘identity label’ looks as if he was recording people’s opinions as he heard them, without being sure himself.

[kissakai]

Makes sense

I think 1750ish and maker unknown

Hopefully someone may see something similar

 

 

[dimitri]

Hello, you have translate everything good. Just after Muromachi period, in parenthese it is written expo Soten for Soten exhibition.
You are doing well in French 😉🙂 

[kissakai]

That's interesting about Soten exhibition but wonder what it relates too

 

[dimitri]

The provenance is strange "Belles 1971", you should know the name crossed out, it looks like Jean at the end but not sure, maybe with this clue you can find the catalog of the collection who knows.

[Kurikata]

"Belles 1971" is BRUXELLES 1971 as De CONNINCK was a Belgian collector (not French) .

[PietroParis]

The main problem here is deciphering the handwriting...

 

I think that the first word after "SUJET" is "ajouré", which as far as I understand is the word used in French for sukashi.