Read Tsuba Mei.

[george trotter]

Hi all, me again (first time I've had two posts on the same day).

Anyway, can anyone read this tsuba mei?

It is on a 1944 made Okura Forge made blade by Miyaguchi Yasuhiro, so should be good quality maker and I presume the maker to be WWII period.

I'd appreciate knowing who he was.

Thanks,

[SteveM]

Left side is 

有楽刻

Yūraku koku 

 

I assume this is a 3-kanji art name, but no such art name shows up in Wakayama. I don't consider Wakayama's art name list to be exhaustive though. I'm also not 100% sure of the last kanji, so I put it in red 

 

The right side is a bit more enigmatic, using a stylized tensho script.

My gut feeling is that it is supposed to be 宗珉 (Sōmin) with kao.

[Peter Bleed]

dazzling, Steve.

Peter

[george trotter]

Left side is 

有楽刻

Yūraku koku 

 

I assume this is a 3-kanji art name, but no such art name shows up in Wakayama. I don't consider Wakayama's art name list to be exhaustive though. I'm also not 100% sure of the last kanji, so I put it in red 

 

The right side is a bit more enigmatic, using a stylized tensho script.

My gut feeling is that it is supposed to be 宗珉 (Sōmin) with kao.

Thank you Steve, Yes I tried to look in my Wakayama also but no luck. Now with your information I will try to find out if any record exists on this artisan in books some of my fellow collectors may have. Again, I presume him to be modern as this tsuba was on a Okura made blade by Yasuhiro. If I do find anything I will get back to you.

Many thanks.