RJT smith Hidemine.

[Jiro49]

Picked up a sword signed Hidemine saku w/star stamp.

 

Cant find any info on this smith, any and all info is appreciated!

 

Thanks-

[k morita]

Nice find!

 

Kojima(family name) Hidemine, lived in Tokushima prefecture and Osaka.

A son of Genbusai Kojima Shigefusa.重房

[george trotter]

Hi Kiyoshi san,

Where did you find this information?...I could find nothing.

 

Hi jiro49, I think the date is Autumn, 1944.

Regards,

[Jiro49]

Thanks guys!

 

George, can you explain the nengo kanji for me?

 

 

[k morita]

George san,

I saw Uchiyama book.

 

You are right, date is Autumn 1944. 甲 申 秋

[Jiro49]

Is there any additional information on this smith? A search brings up virtually nothing....

 

Thanks again!

[Jiro49]

So the nengo is 甲申 Kinoe Saru + autumn?

 

Thanks!

[k morita]

Yes, the date is 甲申 Kinoe Saru +秋 Aki ( autumn).

[John A Stuart]

秋 is Aki, autumn as said. 甲 is Kinoe, elder brother wood, 1st of the sexagenary cycle, Jikkan; 申 is Saru, monkey, ninth of the zodiac, Junishi. 1824, 1884, 1944, 2004 etc. John

[Jiro49]

Thank you both!

 

Does anyone know if there is an eglish translation of the book that Morita-san found this smith in?

 

Thanks again!

[cabowen]

Unless there is actually a book I am unaware of, I believe Morita san is referring to a series of articles published in the NBTHK journal, Token Bijutsu. There is no English translation.

[Jiro49]

Thank you..

 

If anybody has them I would appreciate if you could scan and post it. I will harass my wife for translation help.

 

Thanks again!

[george trotter]

The sexagenary cycle used here is permitted under the RJT signing and dating rules, The rules are as posted by Brian in the "Articles" link.

 

The sexagenary cycle is published in many books such as Papinot's Hist. & Geog. Dictionary of Japan and also in my 1980 edit. of Tokuno Toko Taikan...and many other books.

 

Kiyoshi san, Thanks you for the info from Uchiyama.

 

Regards,

[cabowen]

Thank you..

 

If anybody has them I would appreciate if you could scan and post it. I will harass my wife for translation help.

 

Thanks again!

 

 

Not an easy task as it was a 5-6 part series, each a dozen or more pages.

[Jiro49]

Murphy's law....

 

 

Does anyone have any additional information on this guy?

 

[cabowen]

It is doubtful that much more, if any, information has been published about him. He was not a well known smith during the war and worked in an area that can best be described as rural, as compared to smiths who worked in or around Tokyo. Unfortunately, there is little info on a great many smiths of this type...

[Jiro49]

Naruhodo...

 

Well I had to ask

 

Thank you!

[k morita]

This pic from Uchiyama book.

[k morita]

Hi,

The following pic is name list of The 1st Gunto Exhibition in November 1943.

The name of Kojima Hidemine appears in this list as a RJT smith.

 

Furthermore,the name of Zuiho(瑞峯) appears in the next line of this list.

Zuiho is another name of Shigefusa(重房),Hidemine's father.

[Jiro49]

Morita-san, thank you for taking the time to post those for me!!!

 

Also thanks to everyone for their input!