Tsuba mei

[kissakai]

I may buy a tsuba with this mei but unsure about the translation.

If I buy I'll add the full image. Is there a reason for a mei to be painted on?

 

周 始 正. 
Kane, Kani. Moto. sho, masa

 

[C0D]

Might mean in chinese "Beginning (始) of Zhou (周) Dynasty"
Tho would mean that's a really old guard

[SteveM]

I think probably 周始作　Kanemoto saku.

Kanemoto was a late-Edo era metalsmith, according to Wakayama.

[C0D]

seems the answer was already here 🙂

 

[kissakai]

Brilliant relies, many thanks

Looking at the kanji in the link so they are virtually identical, so it wasn't added later as an attribution

If I buy it, I'll show the whole tsuba.

 

[Bugyotsuji]

The Tsuba and box in the linked thread has been placed right on top of the explanation.

[kissakai]

I bought the tsuba and I said I'd add a couple of images. Strange as it's signed on the back. 73 x 70 x 5.0mm

Not a theme I'm aware of unless it is purely about entertainment

 

 

[Bugyotsuji]

‘Saru mawashi’ monkey trainer(s)?
This artist chose to sign with Kin Zōgan Mei, not really ‘painted’.

[kissakai]

Another term I've learnt - thanks