UPDATE**NARA TSUBA. Translation assistance please**UPDATE

[jason_mazzy]

 

 

Nara Jyukou

 

any information that can't be googled would be appreciated.

[Stephen]

always like moon tsuba, need closer up mei for me think i see Shigemitsu?

[John A Stuart]

大森奈良重光 Omori Nara Shigemitsu. This artist is one that is copied a lot as he is a very important artist and the work needs to be assessed carefully as well as the signature. The 'shige' kanji looks almost like 薫 John

[Ford Hallam]

perfectly honest tsuba in my opinion but the mei strikes me as being "uncertain"

Like Steven I'd like to see a clear close up

 

regards,

 

fh

[Tsugio Kawakami]

Just a question of curiosity, but what is that in the kogai hitsuana?

[jason_mazzy]

I will try to get some good shots with a friends camera. real closeup on the mei. Then if anyone thinks it is worth having autheticated we can go from there.

[jason_mazzy]

ok i uploaded these to flicker from scanner. see what you can make out:

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47444172@N07/4574596639/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47444172@N ... otostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47444172@N ... otostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47444172@N ... otostream/

 

 

Just a question of curiosity, but what is that in the kogai hitsuana?

 

appears to have been filled at one time, then knocked back out.

[jason_mazzy]

 

this is what i can see

[jason_mazzy]

When you click the picture link you can go to all sizes and make the photo quite large as to get a good look at mei.

 

 

P.S. Anyone who wants the raw pictures 2-5mb so they can look at em, or post them better than me please let me know.

[John A Stuart]

The mei on this tsuba is odd for the examples of the Shigemitsu available. There are missing kanji for the Omori Nara smith mentioned above and to tell the truth it doesn't look like this schools work. There was a Shoami Shigemitsu (Kato) 加藤, but, although this seems more Shoami type work, not up to his high quality either, that still leaves the 良, Ryo, kanji as misplaced. I can't identify by what references I have. John

[jason_mazzy]

What can I do to aid in this translation or investigation? Would love to pin this one down to an era and school.