need help in translating inscription

[Bungo]

This may be a challenge for most of us but NOT Nobody...........

 

this fuchi comes with my favoriate " assumed gimei " Muramasa katana ( will not pass shinsa as someone used it to wacked something hard resulting in a " split " in the ha ).

 

The bufuko ( spelling ? it means war camp curtain ) shows three mon of two different design, one is a Tomoe, the other unknown . By the way, the menuki are tomoe mon ( triple side by side ) that matches the fuchi.Sadly the kashira was gone when i bought the sword, I replaced it with a simple horn.

 

Need help to properly translate the mei........... I know it's a commissioned work for someone.

 

p.s. klick on this..........

http://www.esnips.com/web/fuchikashira.

While there, check out the other folders too, I periodically add pics there.

 

 

milt THE ronin

[Bungo]

http://www.esnips.com/web/fuchikashira

 

or try the home page, then klick on fuchi/kashira folder.

 

http://www.esnips.com/profile/54ee848f- ... ba8060dc94

 

milt The ronin

[Nobody]

Though I cannot read Sosho (草書) well enough to identify all characters, the mei may be as follows. But I might make mistakes.

 

依相羽君命三所物

Mitokoromono ordered by Mr. Aiba (相羽).

 

彫之ハ辻 x x + kao

Who carved this is Tsuji x x.

 

"Tsuji x x" seems to be the maker's name. But I could not read the key charactes. Does anyone find the name from that info?

 

p.s.

FYI, a photo of Jinmaku (陣幕) is attached.

[Bungo]

found it !!

 

the left side inscribed the maker's name...........

 

katsutomi is the one............

 

milt THE ronin

[Bungo]

here's the page from Kinko Meikan...............

need translation on the info and we all know who to turn to, yes ?

 

:lol:

 

milt THE ronin

[Nobody]

Here it is.

 

Katsutomi (勝肥), Mutsu (陸奥) – Musashi (武蔵), Late Edo period, good craftsman

Yatsuji (八辻) clan, Kisaburo (喜三郎; real name),

studied under Matsumura Katsunari (松村勝成) in Aidu (会津), then went to Edo and started the business at Koishikawa (小石川) in Edo.

Pseudonym; Annyosai (安養斎), resided in Koishikawa Edo (江戸小石川)

 

 

note; the reading for 勝成 could be Katsushige, Masanari, Masashige, Yoshinari, or others.

[Bungo]

thanks, danke.................... :lol:

 

milt THE ronin