Mei query for two fuchi ...

[docliss]

Might I crave assistance with the mei on two new fuchi? The first would appear to be simple, but I am having problems with the recognition of the fourth kanji. My difficulty with the second is, I suspect, self-evident!

 

With grateful thanks for your help, John L.

[Ludolf Richter]

Hi John,the left Mei reads Hironori with Kao (I haven't yet found the meaning of the 3 characters on the right side.Joly doesn't have his Kao).There is a H 01381 in the Haynes index,but the Mei of his source (Baur Coll.p.428,D2215) is not the same as yours.The right Mei in Sosho writing reads Ranzan (or Ransan) Tsuneyuki (again I couldn't find the meaning of the characters on the right side),Haynes H 10965.The last character behind Tsuneyuki is not saku,but could be kissaku or kinsaku.There is not much written in the books about these artists:both worked in the 19th Century.Ludolf

[docliss]

Thank you very much, Ludolf, for your help. I am most grateful.

 

Regards, John.

[Ford Hallam]

The last character behind Tsuneyuki is not saku,but could be kissaku or kinsaku

 

I think it might be "horu"; to carve/carved ( by )

[docliss]

Thank you Ford - we are getting there gradually.

 

Regards, John.

[Nobody]

........ the left Mei reads Hironori with Kao (I haven't yet found the meaning of the 3 characters on the right side.Joly doesn't have his Kao).

The inscription on the right side may be Shinryusai (真柳斎).