Tsuba Hako-gaki assistance please

[Grey Doffin]

Hi guys,

I would appreciate the Romanji and translation of the box inscription. I know the top says Katchushi Tsuba on the right but the left of the top and all of the inside are beyond my abilities.

The tsuba most likely will be for sale some day.

Thank you, Grey

[cabowen]

Always helpful Grey to post a picture along with the box...

 

Off the top of my head, my first guess is, from the right:

 

Tsuba mumei

 

Tetsu ji shin maru-gata

 

Hana ko 16 ? (maybe 16 petals ???)

 

Ishime Ji

 

3 sun ?????

 

Ko Kachushi Tsuba Ko saku

 

Showa 37 Nen Sho gatsu

 

Shimajiro ?? (writer)

[k morita]

Hi,

[Mark]

Chris

 

Grey posted a picture of the tsuba, I had to open it as it does not open by itself (maybe size) check above the picture of the box to find the link

[cabowen]

Now I see it...Sorry Grey!

 

Thank you Morita san for making this a whole lot easier!

 

6 small flowers in sukashi

 

2 sun 3 bu 5 rin (size)

 

Torigoe Kyodo

 

 

That should give you the gist of it...

[Grey Doffin]

Thank you guys. Chris, I think you may be mixing a couple numbers. In your 1st post you said 3 sun ... but in your 2nd you have 2 sun, 3 bu ... The Kanji on the box leads with a 3 and I don't recognize the character that I think is 2 and then I see 5. It does say 3 sun, 2 bu, 5 rin, right?

Grey

[Curran]

For the Japanese proficient, I have a question about how to interpret, " ko-saku"

Why the use of 'ko' here?

[cabowen]

Thank you guys. Chris, I think you may be mixing a couple numbers. In your 1st post you said 3 sun ... but in your 2nd you have 2 sun, 3 bu ... The Kanji on the box leads with a 3 and I don't recognize the character that I think is 2 and then I see 5. It does say 3 sun, 2 bu, 5 rin, right?

Grey

 

 

Sorry, yes, it is 3 sun 2 bu 5 rin.

[cabowen]

For the Japanese proficient, I have a question about how to interpret, " ko-saku"

Why the use of 'ko' here?

 

Ko Kachushi Ko saku (old work of early kachushi....) .... seems a bit redundant....

[Nobody]

For the Japanese proficient, I have a question about how to interpret, " ko-saku"

Why the use of 'ko' here?

 

Ko Kachushi Ko saku (old work of early kachushi....) .... seems a bit redundant....

Actually, the correct reading seems to be 右甲冑師鐔古作也 (Migi Kacchushi tsuba ko-saku nari).

- The Kacchushi tsuba on the right (previously mentioned) is an old work.

[cabowen]

That makes much more sense...thank you Moriyama san....

[k morita]

Thank you for the correction.

Yes, it is "migi"(右)