Tsuba mei translations

[kissakai]

I am trying to see the tsuba that archived to the UK Wolverhampton Museum.

Looking on their website most description look OK and it looks like that they have had help from the Nihon Bijutsu Hozon Kyokai at the Japanese Sword Museum in Tokyo

 

They have two outstanding queries that are shown below

One is the single kanji by the flowers

 

The second is a translation of the mei – two images

 

I was just hoping for a couple of ‘Brownie’ points if I ever get to see them all

 

 

 

[SteveM]

The gold letter on the front is 寿 (or, a stylized version of it). Kotobuki. 

 

The mei is 

岡部忠正作

旭翠軒

 

Okabe Tadamasa 

Hisuiken (unsure of the reading of the gō)

[kissakai]

Many thanks Steve for a great start

All I've found out that Kotobuki is feminine name

 

and

 

Okabe Tadamasa. H09100.0 
Worked in Aizu in Iwashiro province and Choshu and Nagato Province
Died around 1700
Haynes states 旭翠軒 = Kokusuiken uses the ban 旭 which is unusual

Not sure what is meant by Kokusuiken

 

Any other help appreciated

 

[cdrcm12]

Hi Grev,

 

The museum has very good images of the tsuba in its collection, link below:

 

https://www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk/collections/search/page/1/?s=tsuba&qa[keyword_reference_type]=0&qa[partner]&qa[identifier]&qa[date_from]&qa[date_to]&qa[title]&qa[person]&qa[place]&qa[subject]&qa[format]&cbav=2&cbadvsearchquery#038;qa[keyword_reference_type]=0&qa[partner]&qa[identifier]&qa[date_from]&qa[date_to]&qa[title]&qa[person]&qa[place]&qa[subject]&qa[format]&cbav=2&cbadvsearchquery

 

Colin

[kissakai]

Well spotted Colin

I had a reply from the Archive Assistant that gave me a link to all their tsuba which I went through over the last two days

I've contacted a few museums before and never had a reply which can be annoying as one of there aims should be to show and educate

I suppose the cutbacks where everything has to be done with nothing can't help but still think they are duty bound to reply to a request

I've noted a few errors that if I can get to the Collections Manager I can pass on

The two I posted I couldn't do myself and that is almost there

It is one of the better described tsuba collections and I wonder when these descriptions were done

[Nobody]

6 hours ago, kissakai said:

.....................
Haynes states 旭翠軒 = Kokusuiken uses the ban 旭 which is unusual

Not sure what is meant by Kokusuiken

 

Any other help appreciated

 

 

Maybe,

𣆶翠軒 - Bansuiken

 

𣆶(晩)翠 means evergreen in winter.