Tsuba mei

[Brian]

Hi all,

Another tsuba I picked up in Japan. Small and simple tanto tsuba, but with nice work and slightly dished with rounding and contouring of the bamboo stem.

I was wondering if anyone can assist with a translation of the mei and kao, gimei or not.

 

Thanks,

Brian

[Bugyotsuji]

Hi Brian, good to see you've pulled out of the double whammy of bronchitis and jet lag!

 

Your tsuba says Masakiyo 政清 with Kao, and I have five Masakiyo on my list, two from Tokyo, one Bushu, one Nagaoka, and one Satsuma. (NIce tsuba!)

 

Warning: Above reading is incorrect. Please see following post. Apologies!

[Nobody]

Isn't the mei Masaharu (政晴) ?

[Bugyotsuji]

You're absolutely right, Moriyama san, I am going blind in my old age...

 

The rest of the information stands, though!!! I actually looked up Masaharu, but for some reason wrote Masakiyo... erk.... too eager to please and I trip over myself in my hurry.

[Brian]

Thank you very much Moriyama san and Piers. Using the info, I found him under Masaharu with that Kao. Art name Ikkosha, worked Tokyo around 1855 onwards.

 

Much appreciated.

 

Brian