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Subject:Japanese samurai silver in case
Posted By: Elyse Sun, Aug 19, 2018 IP: 66.91.193.22
Can someone help with the writing? I would like to know what it says. Also with red signature. Thank you in advance.







Subject:Re: Japanese samurai silver in case
Posted By: I.Nagy Mon, Aug 20, 2018
Pic. 1
純銀製　天神様　-　Junginsei Tenjin-sama
Pure Silver Made Tenjin-sama （Sky Deity),
in the Shinto religion it is the deity of scholarship- it is the deification of Sugawara no Michizane (845-903), the famous scholar and poet of the Heian period.

Pic 2
This is the poem written by Sugawara no Michizane when he was sent into exile.

藤原道真公歌　-　Poem by Lord Fujiwara Michizane
東風吹かば香ひ於古せよ　梅
主なしとて春を忘るな
Kochi fukaba nihoi okoseyo ume
Nushi nashi tote haru wo wasururu na

When the east winds blow, let it send your fragrance , oh plum blossom,
although, your master is gone, do not forget the spring

Signature,
正光作　-　Masamitsu　-saku - Made by Masamitsu
(Silver object and calligraphy)
Seal,
正光之印　-　Seal of Masamitsu

Matsui Masamitsu 松井正光 (1938-) traditional metalsmith from Toyama Prefecture,
Owner of Matsumi Ginki (Silverware and Metal Ornaments Processing Company) in Tokyo

With regards,
I.Nagy




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Subject:Re: Japanese samurai silver in case
Posted By: Elyse Fri, Aug 24, 2018
Thank you I.Nagy for sharing your knowledge!

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