Help with signature.

[shibeni]

Help with signature.

Can anyone tell me the meaning of first three kanji? I think that last two kanji are the name of the smith "Kane mune??".

 

My sword was brought from America to our family by my grandfathers brother as a gift, he served in US Navy as a pilot in Pacific in ww2. Because obviously nobody put much attention on it, I try to collect as much as possible information of the sword and try to preserve it. The sword was a log time kept under the key (out of the childrens hands) in a "lumber room", I am worried abou it s condition (dark spots on the blade-rust).

 

Thanks for any replay.

 

Bojan fom Slovenia

[Stephen]

Masanao

[shibeni]

Thank s mr. Stephen for replay,

Is it possible to have katana two signed smith s. Masanao and Kanemune? Looks that upper thre kanji were made by diferent tool (wide notches).

 

Bojan

[Nobody]

Hi,

 

I think that the mei reads "Shoshinshi Kanemune (正真子兼宗)", and that Shoshinshi is an art name of Kanemune.

 

FYI: Fukumoto Kanemune

http://home.earthlink.net/~ttstein/kanemun3.jpg

[Rich T]

Sei (Sane, Masa) shi

 

正眞予

 

Just fishing here as I do not know much at all about Showa smiths but the third kanji may well be Shi and Sei or Sho is also a good chance for the first. Much like Suishinshi or Ryusaishi etc. A family or art name name.

 

The middle kanji is not right I am sure but it's fun fishing :-)

 

Cheers

 

Rich

[Rich T]

well done Koichi, you beat me to it

 

Rich

[Stephen]

i figured i was wrong but at least he/we learned some new kanji

[shibeni]

Thank s to all!!

for this information about kanji on my katana. This is the first step to learn more about my katana. Probably is just ww2 katana but I am wery proud to have it, so if I will have some more questions, please understand me.

 

Bojan