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Thoughts on this mei? Yokoyama Kôzuke no Daijô Fujiwara Sukesada


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This wakizashi is signed Yokoyama Kôzuke no Daijô Sukesada (横山上野大掾藤原祐定) and I believe the ura nakago is "Bishu Osafune Junin".

 

So, what do we think of the mei? It doesn't look terrible to me, but I am not nearly the expert many of you are. The rest of blade appears to hit kantei points (suguha, dense itame, deep sori for a wakizashi, etc.), although I can't tell if it shows mizukage.

 

I'm going to assume this is gimei unless a strong chorus of experts says otherwise.

 

High resolution photo: https://wetransfer.com/downloads/3bb886ea583fc62d8c93e182fca302b220200711183353/c21f50

 

Thanks all. :-)

 
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Yokoyama Sukesada is far less in numbers, Ken. If I remember correctly, he wrote the Kanji for Sukesada in an odd fashion. Gimei pieces usually overlook this trait. I did a post about it years ago. I'll see if I can find it.

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