Strange Mei

[JamesH]

Hello,

 

I have been trying to improve my kanji skills, but I think I still have a very long way to go.

 

A friend asked me to have a go at this mei. I apologise for the picture quality, unfortunately he is without a camera so its only iphone photos.

 

Could someone please verify my translation: "no shu ju Kane Tomo"

 

 

I just couldnt be sure as it bears a star stamp, but does not quite resemble the oshigata examples I managed to find of Kiribuchi Kanetomo or of Miwa Kanetomo.

 

 

Thanks in advance for your assistance,

 

James

[Nobody]

Kanetoshi - 兼俊

[k morita]

Hi,

The mei says Noshu-ju Kanetoshi.

Real name is Murayama(family name) Kinoichi,RJT smith.

[JamesH]

Ah yes... I was blind but now I see. At least I managed to translate some correctly, so at least there is some improvement. The older you get the harder learning comes.

 

Thank you very much Moriyama san I greatly appreciate your assitance.

 

And a special thank you to you Morita san, "which Kanetoshi" would have been my next question :D

 

 

 

James

[SwordGuyJoe]

I have seen many swords by this smith and the quality is in a very broad spectrum from low quality showato to very decent gendaito (typically found with a star stamp but I did see a very nice example that was a custom order blade).