tsuba reading

[DanielM]

I was very surprised that there were no answer concerning the reading of a tsuba signature???  please do not hesitate even reading only 1 or 2 kanji...it could help...i think this kind of tsuba could be Nara   or Yasuchika or Ōtsuki    late Edo or even Meiji....again many thanks in advance

[Kantaro]

left = enjoyment/superiorty/production 

 

right= "too blurry to read" /forest deer

 

 

[Nobody]

I only guess the mei as follows. I might be wrong.

 

東台於山麓 – Totai/Higashidai (???), at foothills

雪峰作 (???) – Seppo made

 

I think that the hitsuana looks too small as a real tsuba.

[DanielM]

Dear  Moriyama Koichi San,

 

Many many thanks for this difficult translation ...it effectively correspond to some other comments i received by a friend. And i agree with you this is a late Edo or Meiji tsuba ...not intended to be mounted..but only for the barbarian collectors that were buying things at that time and this design (snake) is not a Classical Japanese...

Again thanks a lot

 

Daniel