svarsh Posted March 29, 2018 Report Posted March 29, 2018 It's a strange tsuba with a signature that I need help with deciphering. Another one, not strange, but with a signature that I could not read. Thank you in advance. Sergei Quote
kyushukairu Posted March 30, 2018 Report Posted March 30, 2018 Hello Sergei, the first one looks like sen/thousand (千) and Jo-?-ho (乗?保) for the smith, though I can't quite make out the middle kanji Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted March 30, 2018 Report Posted March 30, 2018 No.1 looks like Taira/Hei 平 possibly on the left? No.2 正信... 正？作 Quote
SteveM Posted March 30, 2018 Report Posted March 30, 2018 For the 2nd one: Tenryūshi, Masataka comes to mind, but not quite a match 天龍子 Looks more like 巧龍子 or 丂龍子. Anyway, the first kanji eludes me. 正隆作 Looks like the second kanji is a cross between 隆 and 澄. Sort of like 登 with kozato-hen (Tenryūshi Masataka is the name of a swordsmith, not a tsuba maker as far as I know...I only throw his name out here because the name on this tsuba contains similar elements) Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted March 31, 2018 Report Posted March 31, 2018 Yes, I agree with much of what Steve says above about the second kanji left on the lower Tsuba. Unable to find such a Kinko, I gave up, perhaps too easily. Quote
svarsh Posted March 31, 2018 Author Report Posted March 31, 2018 Seems like Shiryūshi Masataka saku (支龍子正隆作) most plausible. The first was deciphered by Markus Sesko as 禾子保 - KA-NE YASU TAIRA (平). Rare signatures. Let me give you one more enigmatic inscription: What do you think? Best, Sergei Quote
SteveM Posted March 31, 2018 Report Posted March 31, 2018 Actually for the 2nd one I like 万龍子 better than 支龍子, but since neither of them appear in Wakayama, I would say they are both longshots for meikanmore 長州萩住友久作 for the last one. Chōshū Hagi-jū Tomohisa saku 1 Quote
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