help with matchlock signature please

[Mark]

I see the left kanji say

 

Bizen Osafune Yokoyama ????? Sukeyuki saku (kao)

 

I am not sure about the row of kanji on the right

 

All help appreciated

 

Thanks!

[Markus]

Hi Mark,

 

The mei reads "Bizen Osafune Yokoyama Tôshirô Sukeyuki saku + kaô" (備前長船横山藤四郎祐幸作),

and the one to the right (地鍛総巻張) is the info that the barrel is made of forged iron in the

so-called "winded construction"). See here:

 

http://www.home-nagahama.jp/tepponosato ... aji2-1.htm

 

Interesting. Craftsman seems to be a close relative of the late Edo period Yokoyama Bizen smiths.

[Mark]

I have a sword by Sukemune and have owned a Sukenori, I do not know of Sukeyuki but the way he signed I too assumed he must be related

 

thanks