Omi Kami Fuji ... wak who is it?

Picked up an interesting wak signed Omi Kami Fuji .. the nagasa is 19" and the blade is full of nie and sungashi. I wondered if it could be a Tsuguhira? The mei does not look like any of the early generations I can find. But the hamon is very similar in style. Anyone know of any other smiths that signed this way?

peter perhaps Tsuguhiro

attached is the mei off my wak, and a shot of the window i had done a few years back.

hope this helps

Sho-Shin.com lists 45 smiths with the Omi (no) Kami title. If you down load "Titles of Japanese Swordsmiths" from http://www.Sho-Shin.com you will have a handy reference for tracking down all the swordsmiths who had a title. Extremely handy when a blade is suriage and all that's left of the mei is the title. At least it greatly narrows the search for the possible smith.

Ed Harbulak

did a side by side on the mei looks close until the fuji comes then its to dark....could be the same guy.

Hi Stephen,

Does look very close to your Tsuguhiro! The hamon is also quite similar. Want to buy it from me and have a daisho :lol:

or would that be shosho?

Is this wak worth submitting at the NTHK shinsa in the UK later in the year? Or do I have a risk of it being gimei?

Peter,

Since when do we not have a chance of it being gimei? :lol: :D

I would say try it. Looks like a nice blade, and if it comes back as gimei, then I can buy it at a good price :D

Some other Tsuguhira (Tsugihiro?) here:

http://www.nihonto.us/OMI%20NO%20KAMI%2 ... KATANA.htm

http://www.satcho.com/Nihonto/Nihonto.htm

Brian

I've got four shinsa slots so this will probably be one of my submissions. The other three are going to be safe mumei swords :lol:

The mei does look pretty close to Tsuguhiro examples I've found and also the workmanship in the blade seems to match the school.