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Help with mei on this little Tanto please


Chishiki

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This Tanto just arrived and I am away from my books. I bought it without seeing the Nakago so was surprised to see an old mei inserted into a shinsakuto. I see the hear showa 30 Blade length is about 7”.

 

Does anyone know of this maker?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Mark

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Thanks gents, amened to meiji 30. I am trying to work out the old mei. Nobukuni is a possibility. Please keep the info coming. The kanji on the nakago are very small and neatly done. It looks like it has been darkened up to look older. It is a small tanto mounted as kwaiken. I will add some pics. Thanks again, much appreciated. Mark

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David,

I am waiting also for the experts to chime in. Like Ed, I think I can read BIZEN KUNISADA MINAMOTO no KAMI.......This is probably the master who formed the new NAKAGO in MEIJI JIDAI. The blade is perhaps the front part of a broken NAGINATA or NAGAMAKI, if I consider the strong SORI, and the maker of the original blade could have been a SADAKUNI (difficult for me to read the first KANJI). 

The MEI had been removed from the old NAKAGO and carefully inserted into the new NAKAGO (GAKU-MEI). That is what we believe, but of course there is no guarantee of authenticity unless a SHINSA panel  confirms it.

The new NAKAGO looks artificially aged/patinated to me.

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明治三十年一月日 – Meiji 30th year (1897), 1st month

備前國貝原守美揚摺之 – Bizen no kuni, Kaibara Moriyoshi shortened this.

 

I am not sure about the Gakumei on the other side. That might be Nobukane (信兼 ?).

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明治三十年一月日 – Meiji 30th year (1897), 1st month

備前國貝原守美揚摺之 – Bizen no kuni, Kaibara Moriyoshi shortened this.

 

I am not sure about the Gakumei on the other side. That might be Nobukane (信兼 ?).

Thank you Moriyama San, i have added more photos of the old mei. I hope someone can help. Thanks
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This has always been a small tanto, too small to have been anything else. It is a nice shape as you can see and is a well made blade without kizu and very good hamon. Maybe shortened to be mounted as a wedding gift. The koshirae whilst plain is very niceley made. I still haven’s worked out the old mei, I will try to get some better pics.

 

Mark

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