Dear colleagues,
I am trying to identify katana smith with Mei, consisting of 6 characters, written in Katakana (presented on the photo). So far I am not able to identify the 5th character. I would like to ask you if any one knows what smiths Mei it is or may be. Any one knows?
Is it "クチポソ ?ヨ " /does not make sense so far/ or "アリホシ?ヨ "
So far the only candidate is "アリホシ?ヨ " . In this case first 4 characters correlate with:
アリホシ Arihoshi 有法師 smith.
Аrihoshi
ID
ARI3
Province
Yamato
Era
Kakitsu (1441-1444)
Active Period
1441-1444
School
Tomonaga
In this case it would belong to
Taima (or Taema) group (当麻) :
アリホシ Arihoshi 1338 Yamato
アリホシ Arihoshi 1362 Yamato
アリホシ Arihoshi 1441 Yamato
Fondateur : Kuniyuki (国行).
Caractéristiques générales :
jihada : mokume-hada avec itame-hada, chikei et yubashiri. Taima-hada : l'itame-hada sur le yokote devient masame-hada. Le jigane est sombre avec beaucoup de ji-nie ;
hamon : chu-suguha hotsure en nie. Beaucoup d'activité en nie de type nijuba, kuichigaiba, uchinoke, kinsuji et inazuma apparait dans la zone du yokote ;
bôshi : yakitsume.
Forgerons : Kuniyuki (国行), Tomikiyo (友清), Toshiyuki (俊行), Kunikiyo (国清), Tomotsuna (友綱), Tomonaga (友長), Tomoyuki (友行), Arihoshi (有法師).
