Yari mei

[Civilis]

Won an auction yesterday for a wakizashi, got a yari as a bonus, or maybe the other way around

 

Been trying to decipher the mei, I got Yoshi Nao so far, am I right?

 

Also there are a couple of more kanji on the sayagaki, any help on those is very welcome.

[NihontoEurope]

Hello,

 

Someone has carved in "Yoshinao", so you did ok :-)

/Martin

[cabowen]

The sayagaki reads: Tanba no Kami Yoshimichi.

 

The mei on the yari is "Yoshimichi".

 

WIshfull thinking perhaps.

[Nobody]

I think that the carving is Yoshimichi - 丹波守吉道槍 (Tanba no kami Yoshimichi yari).

[NihontoEurope]

Of course it is Yoshimichi ... my bad

 

Martin

[Civilis]

Oke thanks for the correction, the sayagaki looked pretty poorly done so no suprises so far. The yari and the sayagaki looked very familar to me, maybe I saw it on a dealersite or ebay a while back.