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A good Tanzutsu pistol and certainly valuable Robert. Nice swamped barrel.

The main Mei is chiselled underneath the barrel. It looks like an Enamiya 榎並屋 house gun from Settsu (from the Mei), but possibly unlisted as I cannot find a record of this individual smith’s name. Perhaps some very gentle treatment might clean up the Mei a little, but don’t do anything until you are confident. (Sadly not yet definitive, John!)

As to the silver Zogan inlay writing, pretty, but best to ignore as these were often added later to increase the decorative effect. 

John is correct on the reading (*Bushū)

Bushū Kawagoé Higo Motoyasu

天山作 +花押

This may simply be the Zogan artist’s name, or a jumble of unrelated places and names.
 

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Thanks for the reply,
This Teppo is at a local auction so I am considering bidding on it but it looks worn and probably needs to be restored. The starting price is usd 1100. The price is high so there may be a better Teppo in the future.

// Robert

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