Help With Onin Tsuba Hako-Gaki Translation

[zanilu]

Dear all

 

I have recently acquired a ten-zogan Onin tsuba. The tsuba comes in a kiri box with Hako-Gaki.

Hand written kanji is, unfortunately, well beyond my ability to translate. I can manage, with great difficulty, the translation of printed Japanese but this...

 

Here are the pictures of tsuba and box:

 

 

If you are so kind as to add also the kanji to the translation it will be great to have a comparison just to get an eye to it!

 

Thank you in advance

 

Best Regards

Luca

[myochin]

Luca,

 

It would seem that this hako-gaki was done by Torigoe San.

The square red seal could mean that it was authenticatd in Japan

The bird-style kaô with (what I believe to be ) '2 ticks' means that it is a 2nd class pre-Edo item

 

You can find more information in the Haynes Auction Catalogue #7

 

Paul

[zanilu]

Thank you Paul

I will try to locate a copy.

 

Regards Luca

[Surfson]

Just have to guess that it says Onin tsuba!

[SteveM]

Top of the lid says, as you guessed, 

応仁点象嵌

Ōnin ten zōgan

 

First line (far right) of the inside of the lid of the box says the same thing (with the addition of the word tsuba 鐔)

The next three lines describe the tsuba, but I can't read them, just a word here and there. 

Second to the last line is a date, 昭和廿？ Shōwa 20-something. Something month, 20-something day.  

 

Sorry I can't fill in the bits.

[zanilu]

Thank you Steve your bits are extremely helpful.

I am abroad now.

When I come back I will try to look more closely into it.

 

Luca

[yogoro]

Last line is go of Torigoye Kazutaro  "Sodo" and the bird-style kaô with two ticks - second class pre-Edo item.

[Surfson]

By the way, I quite like the tsuba!