William Jennings

Here are the signatures I found online for ghr Shodai and Nidai!

Hello everyone! I have been doing some research on this sword. @Ray Singer translated the maker as Yasuhiro. I am curious if this is an authentic signature or gimei. Additionally i am curious about the age and school. I far from an expert, so feel free to correct me if I am wrong, but here are some things that I’ve noticed. It is suriage and probably missing some of the signature. Nagasa is 25 inches, takanoah yasurime, the hamon appears to be gunome, it’s hard to tell visualize the boshi or get a picture of it but I believe it is O-maru or Ko-maru. The tsuba is simple and without decoration. The seppa seem to be made of copper. The fuchi has some kind of decoration…..is it feathers or leaves or wheat? I have no idea what the menuki are but would love to know that. The kashira seems to be a bird…..possibly a hummingbird? Any helpful comments, or correction would be appreciated. From my research there were 4 generations of Yasuhiro, and I would be curious which generation this work is from also thanks to @Rivkinand @PNSSHOGUN for their help!

Okay! I will do that in the Nihonto section! Thank you both for your help!

Okay! So is the most accurate way to figure out which specific yasuhiro made the sword to compare the signature to online examples? Or is there a more accurate way? I’d love to know which one made it

Wow! Thank you for the quick reply @Ray Singer. It doesn’t look like the other Yasuhiro signatures I see online, so do you think it’s gimei signature?

Hey all! Can anyone help me with the translation of the Mei from the katana I recently bought? Thanks in advance!

@Nobody can you clarify? the owners name was “Togashi Hisajiro”? Is the surname Togashi or Hisajiro? From my reading, I believe Japanese use the surname first, and in America we use the surname last. and the city he lived in was “Oaza”? The reason I ask is because I got the Wakizashi cheap, with the intention of donating it and sending it back to Japan. Just trying to make sure I am understanding the address correctly. Which is the “city” and which is the province/district? What is Oaza?

Can anyone help make out this surrender tag that came with a Wakizashi I just bought?

Thank you @Ray Singer!

Can anyone help me with the signature of this Wak I just bought? I did the best I could with the lighting