Ojime Mei

[Bugyotsuji]

A friend is trying to read this:

http://forums.netsuke.org/file?id=989611

 

The closest I can get is

茶房

but in reverse??? Would anyone be able to read the first character?

[k morita]

Hi,

 

Not 茶房

 

銘茶　Meicha(mei-cha),famous tea,good tea,. :lol:

[Bugyotsuji]

Ah, wonderful. Many thanks, Morita san! How do you do it?

[k morita]

Hi,

 

hi domo.

I'm using "Adobe Photshop Elemens 8.0" .

[Ford Hallam]

That's quite amusing, so it most likely not a mei but a "label" on the little jar. As it would quite possibly been worn when actually going to a tea house one wonders what the netsuke was. I imagine something similarly "tea themed" .