help with Mitsuhisa gendai

[Mark]

I have a gendai, I can read Chikugo ju fujiwara mitsuhisa. I am having trouble with the left column of kanji (if I made any mistakes let me know)

it is dated September 1943, no stamps. Unless I am missing him, I do not find a listing for this maker

[SwordGuyJoe]

Unfortunately mark, I'm no help but would love to see the blade.

[k morita]

Hi,

Left inscription says:

" One of three ordered(sword) from Kazusa,Yamasaki,Iwayama."

 

I am guessing that this sword is a order made sword(3 swords) from three persons.

Kazusa,Yamasaki,Iwayama are family name.

[cabowen]

I would add that this smith is not listed in the Meikan. It is unusual for a showa era smith to include Fujiwara in his mei.

[Mark]

thanks Chris and Morita-san. I will take a picture and post it in a day or so.

[cabowen]

Mark-

 

The mei is nicely done, as is the nakago. I have a few more places I can look for info and will let you know if I find anything. One distinct possibility is that this is an alternate mei used by an established smith. Another is that he was a student of Muto Hisahiro...There were quite a few smiths in the Fukuoka area. Pictures of the blade with hamon would be useful, as would a picture of the date.

[Mark]

here are some. it is clearly gendai. the way it is made and the mei is cut I think it has to be a known maker, it would too well done for an amateur smith (I think)

[Mark]

0ne more picture

[george trotter]

Nice sword Mark.

I looked in Uchiyama Chris and also thought of a link to the Muto line with all those Hisas, but nothing listed there.

I have exhausted nearly all my books so not sure who he is. I'll keep looking...maybe someone could check Markus' book?

Hamon looks nice, some masame hada? What are the mounts?

Regards,

[Mark]

George,

 

I checked Markus book first, nothing listed. There is some flowing grain that contains some masame. There are no mounts, it was a bare blade.

[cabowen]

I have looked through the results for the last few war era contests and I do not find a Mitsuhisa listed....

 

I think these are the most likely possible connections:

 

Muto Hisahiro

 

Kajihara Hiromitsu

 

Endo Nagamitsu

 

Sa Nobumitsu

 

The workmanship seems closest to the Muto group...Here is Muto Hidehiro: