3 Kanji on a KYO SHOAMI TSUBA . Is it SHIGURE TEI ?

[Kurikata]

I think this tsuba depicts SHIGURE TEI (時雨亭) which was the mountain retreat of Fujiwara No Teika(1162-1241).

 

I guess the three kanji on my tsuba tells the name of the Tea House as being Shigure tei . Can you confirm?

 

Thank you

[gordpete]

Your reading is correct; however, the only reference I can found for this tea house is the one in the Kenroku-en garden in Kanazawa. However, that tea house dates to the Meiji period so the relationship to Fujiwara no Teika is probably the correct one.

[Geraint]

Dear Bruno.

 

Thank you for sharing this tsuba.  While researching a somewhat similar tsuba I came across this, “Shigure-tei” was the mountain retreat of Fujiwara Teika, where he compiled the anthology “Hyakunin Isshu”, and there is a Noh programme titled “Teika”.  A traveller monk took shelter from the rain in an abandoned cottage.  A lady appeared and guided him to a tombstone coiled up with creepers.  It was her grave and she was the princess Noriko, whom Teika loved and grieved her death.  The cottage was Shigure-tei and Teika’s soul dwelt in the creepers.  The monk recited a sutra for them, which let their soul rest in peace, and they were able to depart for the travel to heaven."

 

All the best.

[kissakai]

Similar in my book of tsuba in the Birmingham Museum circa 1750