Help With A Couple Of Kanji

[zanilu]

Dear All

 

I have a bit of a problem identifying a couple of kanji from a NBTHK Hozon paper of a Heianjo tsuba.

 

The first one is in the tsuba description:

 

 

To me the description reads:

 

一小紋(?)散図 鐔

Hitotsu Komon(?) chi  Zu Tsuba

One Small pebbles Drawing Tsuba (?)

 

I have problem identifying the third kanji (marked by the red arrow). 

The closest match I found so far is 紋.

 

The second one is in the definition of the shape:

 

 

It looks like:

 

堅丸形

? Marugata

Something Round Shaped

 

or

 

腎丸形

Jin marugata

Kidney Round Shaped (The tsuba is not kidney shaped at all I would have termed it maru gata without looking at the paper!)

 

 

Any help from your side is appreciated. I attach some pictures of the tsuba and of the certificate as well.

 

Best Regards

Luca

 

 

[Bugyotsuji]

Hi Luca, look at Katai 堅い (Katai) and 紋散らし (Mon chirashi)

https://ejje.weblio.jp/sentence/content/%E7%B4%8B%E6%95%A3%E3%81%97

[zanilu]

Thank you Piers

 

Most helpful!

 

Luca

[SteveM]

I think the second one you are looking at is 竪 (たて). Deceptively similar to 堅 (かた・い）

[zanilu]

Steve I think you nailed it!

Thank you