NAGINATA MEI

[Gilles]

Dear all,

 

I bought a nice Naginata lately and here is it's Mei. I can read BUSHU JU RYUSHINSHI TAIRA SUKENORI SAKU. Am I right ?

Do you know this swordsmith who seems to have worked at the very end of the EDO era and at the beginning of MEIJI ?

Is somebody able to give me details about that smith and its school ?

On the JSSUS site it can be found at #2579.

 

Thank you for your help

[Gilles]

Can somebody tell me if at least I am right ?

 

[Markus]

Gilles, your reading is correct. But I couldn´t find a Sukenori for that time

and that gô, only the Keiô-era Yukisada (幸貞) who used "Ryûshinshi" (龍心子).

[Jacques]

Hi,

 

I think it is this one :

 

http://www.artesjaponica.com/item_final.php?itemID=33

 

Is the naginata already at your home ?

[Gilles]

Thank you so much Markus for your answer. That gô is a real conundrum for me.

 

Jacques, yes, I got it just before Christmas and I must say that this is an impressive naginata. The blade seems to have a koto shape. May be it was a copy of a blade from that time.

[Jacques]

Hi,

 

Bruno,

 

Can you share some pictures ?

[Jean]

Bruno???

[Jacques]

Hi,

 

Oups!! Gilles of course.

[Gilles]

Yes, I'm Gilles :D

 

Here are some pictures. Feel free to tell me about your thought.

[John A Stuart]

Quite a work of lacquer there. Higher class of fittings; looks good. With your original post I also could not find this signature as it seems undocumented. Nice addition to your collection I think. John

[Jacques]

Hi,

 

Albert, Marcel, Jules

 

Gilles, can we have some pictures of the blade itself (hada hamon boshi if possible).

[Gilles]

Dear Jacques,

 

That is possible. I will try to do that the coming week-end.