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Subject:Ivory okimono spear fisherman signature
Posted By: Aaron Jenner Fri, Jul 29, 2016 IP: 213.118.162.170
Dear all,

I have an okimono of a fisherman with base signature.
Could you please let me know who or where (depending on meaning) this piece was made(by)?

Best regards and thank you for your time

Aaron





Subject:Re: Ivory okimono spear fisherman signature
Posted By: Bokaba Sun, Jul 31, 2016
Can't read the mark except the second character is either zan or yama. Looks like early 20th Century walrus ivory carving.

Subject:Re: Ivory okimono spear fisherman signature
Posted By: Bill H Tue, Aug 02, 2016
The characters appear to be 主山 with a literal meaning of "Master of the Mountain". This would be read "Zhu Shan" in Mandarin, but I have no clue as to the appropriate Japanese transcription. Unicode charts list the following possibilities:

主 - Japanese Kun: NUSHI, OMO, ARUJI; Japanese On: SHU, SU

山 - Japanese Kun: YAMA; Japanese On: SAN, SEN

Best regards,

Bill H.

Subject:Re: Ivory okimono spear fisherman signature
Posted By: Martin Michels Mon, Aug 01, 2016
Hi,

I can only help you (more or less) with the signature, which is 圭山 = Keiyama or Keizan or Keisen.
Regards,
Martin

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Subject:Re: Ivory okimono spear fisherman signature
Posted By: Guy Mon, Aug 01, 2016
I read it as 'Shuzan' (主山).

Guy.

Subject:Re: Ivory okimono spear fisherman signature
Posted By: Martin Michels Tue, Aug 02, 2016
Hi,

I believe Guy is right, the first character in my answer had 1 horizontal line too much, sorry.

Martin.

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