Help With Heianjo Tsuba Nbthk Paper Traslation

[zanilu]

Hello guys

 

I have a small problem translating the description from this NBTHK paper for a Heianjo tsuba that has just arrived from Japan.

 

 

The part that baffles me the most is the part highlighted in red:

 

 

The text in kanji should be:

 

 一つ  角 文 櫂 桷鉢 透 葡萄 棚 図 鐔 

 

That should sound like:

 

Hitotsu  Kaku Mon Kai 桷 Hachi Sukashi  Budo Tana Zu

 

I have more or less figured out the meanings of:

 

角 = Kaku = This should stand for the square sukashi.

文 = Mon = Flower like mon (5 large and 1 small circles)

櫂 = Kai = This should mean puddle or oar and this match the third sukashi cut out.

透 = Sukashi

葡萄 = Budo = This should stand for the suemon zogan grapes

棚 = Tana = This should stand for the bamboo rack supporting the grapes also rendered in suemon zogan

図 = Zu = Drawing

鐔 = Tsuba

 

What is eluding me is the meaning of the two kanji 桷鉢

I have found that 

桷 should mean something like bucket

鉢 should be bowl

 

I have tried to find the meaning of this two kanji combined together or with the neighboring kanji but I have no luck.

 

I have no knowledge of Japanese whatever. I can barely count the number or strokes and do some googling so I hope that someone more knowledgeable than me can help to solve this problem.

 

Thank you in advance

 

Best Regards

Luca

[John A Stuart]

Is it not 梅 Ume, plum ? and 鉢 Hachi is a pot or bowl. Together ?? There is a grass called 梅鉢草 Umehatsukusa. John

[SteveM]

角文、櫂、梅鉢　透かし

 

Square, oar, and umebachi sukashi

 

Umebachi is the family crest of five large dots surrounding the smaller dot in the center. 

[zanilu]

John, Steven

 

Thanks for the information. Just grouping the characters differently makes more sense!

I had assumed that the 角 kake was for the square sukashi and the 文 for the umebachi.

 

Always learing from NMB!

 

Luca