Yamakichi tsuba?

[andreYes]

Hello all!

 

Please help me with a tsuba from a Japanese online auction.

 

It comes with a Kanteisho certificate issued by Mitsuo Shibata (I suppose).

I've never seen this kind of certificate before... Is it authentic?

 

As I understand, the tsuba is made by Sandai Yamakichi (Sakura Yamakichibei), according to the paper. Is it look like a work of this artist? Someone seen his works?

 

By the way, why the photo on the sertificate is from the ura side?

[kanetoyo]

Shibata Mitsuo was died. He was dealer of Japan. This paper is paper of him.

 

And this Yamakichibei is real Yamakichibei with NTHK paper.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... RK:MESE:IT

[andreYes]

Shibata Mitsuo was died.

Yes, I know . In 2006...

 

And this Yamakichibei is real Yamakichibei with NTHK paper.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... RK:MESE:IT

Very nice tsuba, and made by the second Yamakichibei.

 

The tsuba, I'm asking about, is supposed to be made by the third Yamakichibey (in Genroku era). The only thing that I know about him, is that his tsubas were polished and with ko-sukashi, as opposed to his predecessors'.

[andreYes]

Can anyone read the handwritten text on the certificate?

Even professional translators (here, in Moscow) unable to do anything , because it is "executed in a stylized handwritten form" .

 

And maybe someone, who have seen a lot of certificates, could give a guess, why the ura side photo is attached to the sertificate? As I can see, there is no mey on this side (the only reason I can imagine).

 

Many thanks in advance!

[k morita]

Hi, Andrey

 

Token shibata's web site and e-mail.

http://www.tokensibata.co.jp/

E-mail: sibata@tokensibata.co.jp

[andreYes]

Thank you so much, Morita-san!! :D