Mei Translation Help Please

[Thekirsh]

Hi,

I am stuck on the last kanji if anyone can help please.

Gendai blade dated Showa 20 and signed Minamoto Mori..........?

Thanks

Simon K

[Shugyosha]

Hi Simon,

 

I think it's Tatsu 龍.

 

Best,

John

[John A Stuart]

Morishige? 盛龍 John

Could be Moritatsu I guess, you may be right John.

[Shugyosha]

Hi John,

 

I wasn't certain, but I've now had a double-check in Sessko and found:

 

MORITATSU (盛龍・盛竜) → KOREYOSHI (惟義), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Kumamoto

 

KOREYOSHI (惟義), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Kumamoto – “Koreyoshi” (惟義), “Higo Kikuchi-jū Koreyoshi Minamigawa-satetsu o motte kore o kitae” (肥後菊池住惟義以南川砂鉄 鍛之, “forged by Koreyoshi from Higo´s Kikuchi by using satetsu from the Minamigawa”), real name Ōtsuka Koreyoshi (大塚惟義), born December 24th 1916, he studied during World War II under Kongōbei Moritaka Yasuhiro (金剛兵衛 盛高靖博) and worked then as rikugun-jumei-tōshō, he had signed in his earlier years with Moritatsu (盛竜).

[John A Stuart]

Neat. Solved. John

[Thekirsh]

Thank you very much for the help guys...............tatsu............should have got that one

Cheers Simon K