Ludolf Richter Posted February 24, 2012 Report Posted February 24, 2012 I own a nice iron Tsuba with high relief carving.The Mei is as follows Hôbudô Kôto jû Takafuji Kiyohide and Kao 鳳舞堂 皇都 住 高藤 清秀 The problem is,there is only a Hôbudô Kiyonari in the books:Haynes (H03300) plus Kinko Jiten (Iida+Wakayama,page 886).here is a Kiyohide possible (H03252 "Heianjô jû") but with no info about the family name. Does anybody have informations about "my" Hôbudô Kiyohide eg.what does Takafuji mean and is Kôto an old name for Kyôto or a part of the city? My pic is not very good,but there is no doubt about it,that the last Kanji of the Go is "hide" and not "nari".At the moment I have no pic from the backside with Hôbudô plus Kao.Ludolf Quote
John A Stuart Posted February 24, 2012 Report Posted February 24, 2012 高藤 Takafuji must be a name. 皇都 refers to Kyoto, I think too. John Quote
Ludolf Richter Posted February 25, 2012 Author Report Posted February 25, 2012 Thank you John.Ludolf Quote
Tanto54 Posted February 25, 2012 Report Posted February 25, 2012 Takafuji means "Tall Wisteria" and would be someone's last name. Kôto means "Emperor's City" and would, in this case, probably mean Kyoto. Quote
Ludolf Richter Posted February 25, 2012 Author Report Posted February 25, 2012 Thank you George!Ludolf Quote
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