Mei translation

[AndreasU]

Hello Community,

 

I have the chance to get a sword for little money but I am unsure about the smith.

I tried to translate as best as possible and got this result:

 

Mino ... Minamoto Sada..... Seku

 

So

 

made in Province Mino from Sada...... Saku.

 

Please excuse but this is the first time I try this and hope I am not toooooo wrong!

[Rich T]

Pretty good first effort Andreas. The mei reads

 

Mino no Kami Minamoto Sadatsugu Saku

美濃守源貞継作

 

Made by Minamoto Sadatsugu, lord of Mino.

 

In the mid 16th century, it became common practice to add official and honorary titles to mei. These were usually in the form of Kami, Daijo and Suke for official titles and Fujiwara, Minamoto, Taira and others for honorary titles. These titles were sometimes handed out by Daimyo and other lords for services rendered, but it is also believed they were sometimes purchased, or given out as bribes. There is some conjecture as to their significance, some say they have varying degrees of importance, others think they are all much of a much ness.

 

So he was not really a lord ( as far as I know) but used the title or it was given to him to use.

 

Cheers

 

Richard

[AndreasU]

Hey, that was a quick one!!!

 

it is a sword in gunto mounts and old polish. Do you think it might be a good deal??

Kitae: Shinogi-Zukuri

Mune: Iori-Mune

Hamon: Suguha

Nagasa: 64,00 cm

Kissaki-Nagasa: 3,80 cm

Nakago-Nagasa: 21,10 cm

Nakago-Ana: 1

Yasurime: Kiri, Sotoba

Mi-Haba: 27,00 mm

Moto-Haba: 32,00 mm

Saki-Haba: 22,00 mm

Moto-Kasane: 8,00 mm

Saki-Kasane: 5,00 mm

Sori: 17,00 mm

Signiert: Ja

Koshirae: Shin-Gunto

[Stephen]

the sword gives me a feeling of WW11 Sadatsugu, see links

 

http://search.freefind.com/servlet/free ... =sadatsugu

 

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

[AndreasU]

That's for sure but question is is it worth to buy or not?

The Hamon looks very straight for me so maybe oil quenched?

Then it's

 

If not it's around $ 1.800,--