Translation of the date

QuangD · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:45 pm

Hello Everyone,

It has been a while I got back into this forum. I need help to translate the date since it is hard to read.

Thanks in advance,

Quang
Mei:
Oite ? Naga Nobu saku

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Date:

have no clue

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Brian · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:57 pm

Quang!
It is great to hear from you again. Wish you wouldn't disappear on us so often

Can't help with the date but no doubt someone like Morita san or Moriyama san with have little problem with it by tomorrow.
Hope you are able to update us on your Nihonto studies.

Brian

runagmc · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:11 pm

My guess would be Genji gannen hachi gatsu hi (a day in the 8th month of 1864). This could be wrong, so hopefully someone who knows for sure will reply.

QuangD · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:15 pm

Brian wrote:

Quang!
It is great to hear from you again. Wish you wouldn't disappear on us so often

Can't help with the date but no doubt someone like Morita san or Moriyama san with have little problem with it by tomorrow.
Hope you are able to update us on your Nihonto studies.

Brian

Brian,

Thank you for a welcome back! I have ran a restaurant business for six years and it breakeven and loss and lost a lot of times with family. It is a long work hours and not even pay....lol.....It became so stressful and burden my family. It is time to move on with old habit and collecting swords.

Quang

John A Stuart · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:30 pm

Adam has it right. John

QuangD · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:54 pm

runagmc wrote:

My guess would be Genji gannen hachi gatsu hi (a day in the 8th month of 1864). This could be wrong, so hopefully someone who knows for sure will reply.

Adam,

Thanks,

Now, I think I see the period now. Genji Roku nen Hachi gatsu Hi (A day August of 1869).

John A Stuart · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:02 pm

No, Genji Gannen 元治元年 ; not Genji Rokunen 元治六年 John

QuangD · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:58 pm

Adam,

Is it Gan nen? = Go(5) nen

Base on Dr. Richard Stein's website, I only see the Go (5) but I never see the Gan word in the date scription.

Thanks

cabowen · **Posted:** Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:16 am

Gan nen

元年

Means the first year......You won't see 一年　written on a nakago.....

runagmc · **Posted:** Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:19 am

Yes, it's gannen. Gannen means the first year of the period. I'm not sure why they traditionally used the phrase gannen instead of ichinen. Mabey someone can explain it.

QuangD · **Posted:** Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:40 am

cabowen wrote:

Gan nen

元年

Means the first year......You won't see 一年　written on a nakago.....

Chris,

Thanks! I will keep to remember the "first" nen word.

QuangD · **Posted:** Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:42 am

runagmc wrote:

Yes, it's gannen. Gannen means the first year of the period. I'm not sure why they traditionally used the phrase gannen instead of ichinen. Mabey someone can explain it.

Adam,

Thanks!

Naganobu has an unusual script for the date but signed his name different style. Can you read the third word in the mei. after the words "Koto".

runagmc · **Posted:** Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:56 am

It looks like oite kofu naganobu saku... 於江府長信作

By the way, that looks like an interesting habaki...

QuangD · **Posted:** Wed Mar 28, 2012 3:22 am

runagmc wrote:

It looks like oite kofu naganobu saku... 於江府長信作

By the way, that looks like an interesting habaki...

Thanks!

You pointed out the fan style on the habaki which I did not notice. Once I got the tanto. I will post more pictures. It has suguha hamon.

runagmc · **Posted:** Wed Mar 28, 2012 3:53 am

Yes, if you have a chance to post pictures when you get it, I would like to see it.

Quang, I just noticed you're located near Atlanta... I'm in Columbus so I'm not that far away. We may be the only two people in Georgia that like Nihonto :lol:

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