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I agree, and I will see if my bid is competitive, but was curious about the gendaito.  Is the Bizen Yoshii in this example, referring to the school because it's suriage and we can't see the rest of the signature?  What is the hashtag character after Yoshi?

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Hi James, the Kanenaga would not be a gendaito.

 

Yoshii was one of the schools working in Bizen.

https://www.nihonto.com/bizen-yoshii-school/

 

The Yoshii is suriage, with the specific swordsmith name having been cut off. See below for examples.

https://nihontoclub.com/view/smiths/meisearch?type=All&mei_op=contains&mei=%E5%82%99%E5%89%8D%E5%9C%8B%E5%90%89%E4%BA%95

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Congratulations James. If the mei is good, the Yoshii may be earlier than Sue-Bizen (which I believe is classified as starting from 1467). Per the link above, there were only two Yoshii with working spans after that time (and into Sue-Bizen). Look forward to seeing photos.

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