Inner notes inside a kiribako tsuba box

[francois2605]

Hello gentlemen,

 

Several months ago, I bought a tsuba on Buyee and the box's lid contains long handwritten notes. I was wondering if someone could translate them. Thank you very much for your help 

 

 

For those interested, this is the corresponding tsuba.

 

[Bugyotsuji]

Sweet.
The lid looks like a quote from somewhere, carefully copied out, discussing the 柏　柏木　Kashi/Kashiwa/Kashiwagi oak’s distribution and hardness, and its leaves and acorns, and various usages and meanings associated with this fairly popular motif.

[francois2605]

Excellent, thank you so much for this information, Piers.

 

I would have never guessed !