Translation help on possible Myochin Tsuba

[thutson]

Hello,

 

I would be very grateful for assistance with the translation of the mei on what I believe is a Myochin tsuba.

 

Many thanks,

Tom

[YourBabyBjornBorg]

Hi! This looks like 紀宗房 明珍 Ki Munefusa Myochin.

[Shugyosha]

Hi Tom,

明珍 - Myochin

紀宗房 - Ki Munefusa

 

One here for comarison: https://www.bonhams.com/auction/19295/lot/42/an-iron-tsuba-by-myochin-munefusa-19th-century/

[thutson]

Dear both,

 

Many thanks for the translation and the for the link for comparison.

 

Best regards,

Tom

Edited August 16 by thutson

[ROKUJURO]

A beautiful TSUBA in my opinion!

[thutson]

Thank you Jean, I'm very fond of the sukashi cloud design as well.

[Hokke]

42 minutes ago, thutson said:

Thank you Jean, I'm very fond of the sukashi cloud design as well.

Don’t listen to Jean, he’s just an optimist……plus in some cultures clouds are bad luck, you don’t want bad luck. Fortunately, I specialize in tsubas that may be cursed and I would willing to take this off your hands as a public service. You can definitely trust me, i was almost a christian once. 
 

 

 

 

 

Seriously though…….i agree with Jean….really nice tsuba, congrats

[thutson]

Thank you Calabrese for offering such a selfless and valuable public service...  

 

I will make sure to clense and contain its dark energy haha.

[Hector]

Congratulations Tom - that is an absolutely beautiful tsuba!

 

I love the swirling cloud design myself (whether bad luck or no 😉), which is why I purchased this Higo tsuba on Yahoo recently.

 

Best,

Hector

[thutson]

Hi Hector,

 

That's also a very attractive cloud design, great pick up!

 

Thanks for sharing.

 

Tom