Tsuba mei No 2

[kissakai]

Many thanks for your help with my 1st tsuba

This is the second one

 

Tsuba

 

Main Papers

 

Back of the papers

 

The envelope

[Ed]

The only one I am familiar with is 刕. Usually Koshu Hikone Ju....  

[kissakai]

Thanks Ed. A step forward

 

[Nobody]

刕 is the correct kanji for “shu”, which is a variant character of 州 (shu).

劦 (kyo) is a different kanji, but it is sometimes misused as 刕.

 

BTW, 江州(刕) reads Goshu.

[SteveM]

No need to overthink this one. The inscription is clearly 刕 (and not 劦 as English text in the inserted photo seems to suggest). 

江刕住宗典製　　Gōshū Sōten-sei (Made by Sōten of Gōshū). 　(Moriyama-san beat me to it). 

 

 

The paper from Shibata (dated Feb 1979) says the same thing, and adds that is is from the "Mid Edo Era". I'd say this was more of a "shop signature" rather than the signature of a specific person, which is typical for Sōten pieces. 

[kissakai]

Again thanks

It appears that Mogarashi is not mentioned at all

The reference to O Soten is meaningless?

In the matial arts ko and go are interchangeable and I should have picked that up straight away

 

[SteveM]

The paper says Gōshū Hikone-jū Mogarashi Sōten, but I wouldn't read anything special into this. 

[kissakai]

As it's from a dealer however good his reputation I believe Mogarashi is not viable