SwordGuyJoe Posted May 12, 2016 Report Posted May 12, 2016 Can anyone please help with the mei on this tsuba? Thanks a million! Quote
SteveM Posted May 12, 2016 Report Posted May 12, 2016 Can't quite get it. The bit on the right looks like 宗作（花押） Munesaku? Not showing up in my reference. The bit on the left would be an art name (and therefore usually easier to track down in the reference), but this isn't showing up either 有楽刻 Not sure about the last one. Edit: There is an artist by the name of 有楽 (Yūraku? Ariraku? I think probably Yūraku). So perhaps the bit on the left isn't an art name at all, but is 有楽 刻 (as in, "carved by Yūraku"). But Yūraku himself had a different art name (臨楽斎) so it doesn't seem to be the same artist... but I could easily be wrong on this. Quote
John A Stuart Posted May 12, 2016 Report Posted May 12, 2016 Good luck with this one. Looks like a mix of styles, gyosho and sosho. John Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted May 12, 2016 Author Report Posted May 12, 2016 It's attached to a late 44 mount. Quote
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