Mei With Kanji At 3 Sides - Need Help

[Henk]

[Henk]

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[Jean]

Signed Kanemitsu saku

[Henk]

Sorry missed the text info? So again.

Hello all,

 

Thank you for accepting me at this board. I hope to learn a lot about Japanese swords.

I have one sword that has, to me, a very interesting mei. Did you ever see kanji at 3 sides of the mei? I did not.
I hope some of you can give me some information about this sword and also a translation.

Thank you. Domo arigato gozaimasu

Henk

[Henk]

Thank you, Jean,
very fast reply.
Is there any more you can tell me about this sword maker?

Respectfully,
Henk

[mywei]

Bishū Asai jū Kanemitsu saku (kao)

Hachiman Daibōsatsu

 

Kōki 2603 nen, Daitōa-sen hisshō kigan-gatana

[Geraint]

Welcome to the NMB Henk.

 

A very similar sword is shown here,  https://www.japanesesword.org/archived-pages/2017/9/13/gendaito-by-kanemitsu Same sword on this thread.

 

Yours is nice with the hi, I think you have an interesting sword.  Enjoy!

 

Mei on the mune is unusual but does occur, have a look here, http://yakiba.com/Tanto_Sadakazu.htm

 

All the best.

[lonely panet]

what a grand sugata, sori and motohaba.

 

this is such a ( dare I say almost bold ) large meaty looking sword.

 

you need to book an appointment with a togishi

[PNSSHOGUN]

My immediate thoughts were Nambochuko, such a large aggressive sword for a gendaito smith.

It reminds me of a sword discusses here on Darcys site:
https://www.nihonto.ca/hasebe/

[vajo]

Like it. Very nice.

 

Best

Chris

[Henk]

Thank you all for the replies. There is a lot of knowledge here! 
Do you also know why there is a flower design above the kanji?

[SteveM]

The flower is a variation of the paulownia crest, a common motif in Japan. It was the family crest of the Toyotomi clan, and is now used as the official crest for the government of Japan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Seal_of_Japan

https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=paulownia+crest&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiV4qSqmPHWAhXKbbwKHZeMAxcQsAQILg&biw=1280&bih=590