Papers Query

[kissakai]

Hi

This is from my recent tsuba

I can read the right hand side of the paper which is basically Mid Edo, Tadatsugu, Umetada

Design of cherry flower tsukashi

 

No idea of the middle section apart from it starting with Tadatsugu, Umetada

Any help appreciated

 

 

 

Thanks

Grev UK

 

 

[John A Stuart]

Does this help Grev? John

 

忠次は埋忠一派と正阿弥

一派に同名がある京都住 本作は埋忠派の忠次で鍛 えの良い鉄地に得意の小透 しを施しヰも小縁を取り 地の肉置きも上手である

名鍔

[kissakai]

Just got in from a night of pool so Ill check it out tomorrow

That helps a lot

 

 

Grev

[John A Stuart]

OK. It is just talking about Umetada group and the Kyoto Shoami school, the iron quality and the 'niku' of the mimi. I think. John

[kissakai]

This is what I have:

 

Tadatsugu school Umetada of Shoami

School of thought is that it is made in Kyoto

Confidently agree the style is correct for the smith and school

Good iron ground small permeability of good?

A small rim (I think this refers to the thinning of the rim)

Something about being skilled and a possible location

Name tsuba

 

I'd be interested in this line:

えの良い鉄地に得意の小透

[Shugyosha]

Hi Grev,

 

Maybe something like "the achievement of [placing] ko sukashi within a well forged iron ground was [the smith's] forte/ speciality".

 

Sorry, I think that needed placing in the context of the previous and following lines.

 

I think the last line might read..."in addition, the raising of a small rim and the placement of the thickness of the ground are skillful".

 

I'm sure one of the better linguists can improve on this and I hope I havent' twisted the meaning too much.

 

Best,

John

[kissakai]

Thanks John - Looks pretty close to what I thought it may be

[kissakai]

I forgot to ask about the relationship below

"Umetada group and the Kyoto Shoami school"

[John A Stuart]

I think it is saying, and I might be reading it wrong, that Tadatsugu is of an Umetada group or faction of the Kyoto Shoami school. John