Translation Assistance

[Eric_P]

Hello Everyone,

Any help with this one would be appreciated. This seems to be a really exaggerated "grass script" which is beyond my level at the moment. 

Thanks,

Eric

[xiayang]

慶應四年七月日 = on a day in the seventh month of of Keiō 4 (1868 CE)

 

水府 稲延徳正作 = Suifu Inanobe Norimasa saku

[John C]

37 minutes ago, xiayang said:

Suifu

Jan:

Does this mean "master" or "teacher" in this context?

 

John C.

[xiayang]

3 hours ago, John C said:

Jan:

Does this mean "master" or "teacher" in this context?

 

John C.

 

Hi John,

 

Suifu (水府) is the name of a village in Hitachi province.  The formatting of this mei is slightly unusual, with the two characters of Suifu being arranged horizontally (and read right-to-left) at the top, and one would ordinarily also expect them to be followed by "住", but I guess the smith took some artistic licence here.

[mecox]

Nice work Jan, and interesting to see him in Sesko lists:  

NORIMASA (徳正), Keiō (慶応, 1865-1868), Hitachi – “Suifu-jū Inanobe Norimasa” (水府住稲延徳正), real name Kurosawa Sōjirō (黒沢宗次郎), student of Norikatsu (徳勝)

[Eric_P]

Thank You Jan

 

I agree the Mei is quite unusual but seems to be done well.

 

Eric

[Eric_P]

Thank You Mal. I was just about to ask the question you answered. Has anyone seen any other examples of his work?

 

[Nobody]

4 hours ago, John C said:

Jan:

Does this mean "master" or "teacher" in this context?

 

John C.

 

The provincial capital  of Hitachi province (常陸國) was Mito (水戸). Suifu (水府) was another name for Mito.