Tsuba mei translation

[Kurikata]

Any help in translating these kanji would be highly appreciated.

 

Many thanks

[Kurikata]

[ROKUJURO]

Bruno,

the second photo is much better! Looks like a date on the right side to me.

[Kurikata]

Thank you Jean for your interest. 

 

I hope someone will be able to decypher the signature.

 

I have found one : 心 being Shin (1st Kanji on the left side)

[ROKUJURO]

Yes, or read as KOKORO. On the right side I see JUGATSU - 10th month.

Perhaps if you showed the complete TSUBA, we could get a clue.

[Kurikata]

Thank you Jean,

 

Please find herewith a picture of this tsuba.

[uwe]

Right side seems “癸巳十月” (mizunotomi  jūgatsu). Left side maybe “心口周” (彫?)…struggling with the second character at the moment.

[SteveM]

Maybe  心哉彫, but there is no such smith listed in Wakayama. 

 

Kokonari-horu (unsure of how to pronounce...multiple possibilities). 

[uwe]

Just found 哉 but no reference, as well…

[Kurikata]

Thank you so much Steve and Uwe for your efforts to find the Smith name.

 

After googling all kanji and translation, nothing relevant was displayed. Only jūgatsu as being october (10th month) was clearly understable to me.

 

Thank you again.

[Shugyosha]

I don't know if it's any help, but a search on a Chinese character website turned up 戓 - but I couldn't make it into anything plausible with the other kanji...apparently it reads "ka" according to Jisho...

[kissakai]

Is this a possibility

哉

sai

A bit above my pay grade

[Bugyotsuji]

A single fuzzy photo of a rusted Kanji sets the scene, but Netsuke artists used the 哉 Kanji with the ‘sai’ reading, so I checked a couple of name lists and nothing came up, but…

This could be an artist known in other fields so may be worth cross-checking similarly.

[uwe]

Hmm, found this combo “哉彫” in Markus Meikan ....”髷道人哉彫鐫” (Kyoku-dōjin kore o chōsen). Admittedly have some problems interpreting this translation for several reasons 

[Bugyotsuji]

心哉 can also be read Shinya.

https://namedic.jp/names/name/心哉

[Kurikata]

Thank you all of you for your investigations. 

Another enigma to solve.

I'll try to find similar tsuba on the web sites . Perhaps by similarities I'll be able to discover what is its origin and school.