Wakizashi and tsuba translation assistance

[Travis Clarke]

http://i1321.photobucket.com/albums/u55 ... 9ab4ef.jpg

 

Morning gentlemen,

I put forth a solid effort trying to translate the mei on this wakizashi and tsuba but I've come up short. I spent quite a bit of time on the kanji page here on the site and was wondering if someone might have a link for another kanji reference, or maybe a hint that might point me in the right direction? The signature on the tsuba is so faint I'm afraid that is the best picture I could manage. Let me know if you have any trouble with the link I've posted and I'll get it sorted out on my end. Any and all inquires are appreciated. Thanks and happy new year.

[Veli]

Hello Travis!

 

The wakizashi is signed "Sukekuni" 祐國, and the tsuba signature could be "Shigetsugu" 重次. Not sure about the 2nd kanji, though.

 

Veli

[NihontoEurope]

I agree with Veli in full. I did not have the guts to stick out my neck on the Tsugu.

 

When I say full I mean that I'm also open for another interpretation of Tsugu.

 

/Martin

[Travis Clarke]

Thank you for your quick replies guys I really appreciate it. I was just trying to fix my link so you could see some full pics of the blade. Did that link work at all? I must admit, I'm not the most CPU savvy individual.

[Travis Clarke]

http://s1321.beta.photobucket.com/user/ ... ranslation

[kuromido]

Travis , all I get is a blank photobucket page.

PeterD

[Travis Clarke]

Peter,

 

That first link that I posted didn't work but I'm sure the link on my last post should work for you. Or try this one...

http://s1321.beta.photobucket.com/user/ ... ranslation