terminus Posted October 28, 2020 Report Posted October 28, 2020 Hi, Was wondering if anyone could translate this paragraph about Funada Ikkin for me. Specifically I'm looking for anything about the tsuba shown at the bottom and if there's info on whether it's by the shodai/1st gen or nidai/2nd gen Funada Ikkin? Thanks, Tony Quote
Shugyosha Posted October 28, 2020 Report Posted October 28, 2020 I think it's the first generation. A translation of the whole piece is a bit beyond me, but in the first line it has 船田一琴 (義長) 筆頭 Funada Ikkin (Yoshinaga) fudegashira, referring to Yoshinaga as head of the family/ first in line, and I can't see any reference in the piece to Yoshimori his son, the nidai, but no doubt you'll get some better information soon. 1 Quote
SteveM Posted October 28, 2020 Report Posted October 28, 2020 Yes, the paragraph is about the Ichijo disciples, and not specifically about Funada Ikkin, other than the one sentence mentioning he was the top student of Ichijo. As John says, the picture doesn't mention specifically which Funada Ikkin, but the text only mentions Yoshinaga so one can assume the tsuba pictures is a 1st gen Ikkin (aka Yoshinaga) tsuba. 2 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted October 28, 2020 Report Posted October 28, 2020 Plus it says that the design is 蘭, Ran (orchids). Quote
terminus Posted October 28, 2020 Author Report Posted October 28, 2020 Aww, thanks guys! I recently saw the tsuba on sale and noticed it had the Funada Ikkin Kao of the 2nd gen so wanted to see what the book said. I think the book might be wrong or just assumed the first gen since the Kao on this tsuba looks like the 2nd gen. 1 Quote
Shugyosha Posted October 28, 2020 Report Posted October 28, 2020 I’ve seen that tsuba recently but can’t remember where...was there a description on the web page? Quote
Shugyosha Posted October 28, 2020 Report Posted October 28, 2020 ...also, if you haven’t seen it, Darcy has a papered example on his web site. Quote
terminus Posted October 28, 2020 Author Report Posted October 28, 2020 28 minutes ago, Shugyosha said: ...also, if you haven’t seen it, Darcy has a papered example on his web site. Yep, I check his site almost daily. This one is papered TH too, but with far older papers. Doesn't say if it's 1st gen or 2nd gen. I'll pm you. Quote
Geraint Posted October 28, 2020 Report Posted October 28, 2020 Here we are. https://www.aoijapan.com/tsubafunada-ikkinkao/ All the best. Quote
terminus Posted October 29, 2020 Author Report Posted October 29, 2020 7 hours ago, Geraint said: Here we are. https://www.aoijapan.com/tsubafunada-ikkinkao/ All the best. Yep! that's the one. Purely based off the kao, I'm 100% sure it's from the 2nd gen Funada Ikkin. Quote
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