Please help translate

[CParrish]

I am having trouble with this translation....I think it ends in "Terukane" but I am having real difficulty with it.....Charlie

 

 

 

[Stephen]

Sakaura Gonnoshin Terukane Settsu J 1684 90

Sharp Toran omidre Itame masame nashiji suguba

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[CParrish]

Stephen, thanks very much for the help...is there anything else you can tell me about the smith or his work?..........Charlie

[Nobody]

Sakaura Gonnoshin Terukane

Stephen is basically correct. But the first part must be Sakakura (坂倉).

[Stephen]

Koichi i dropped a K,

sorry Charlie i just took it out of Hawley's

[CParrish]

Thanks for the help, guys....I have been away from swords for over 20 years...the only book I have left is John Yumato's....the sword I posted just fell out of the sky and kind of rekindled my interest...again , any more informationabout the swordsmit would be appreciated............Charlie

[Nobody]

Terukane (照包) and Kanesada 2nd (包貞 2nd gen.) were the same smith in Settsu. He was a student of Kanesada 1st. He changed his smith name from Kanesada to Terukane in 1680, when he gave his name Kanesada to the real son of Kanesada 1st.

Therukane is a big name of Osaka-Shinto smiths.

[ahagen]

Nobody, would you offer any advise on authenticating this sword?

ahagen

[Nobody]

As I am a beginner, I cannot judge the authenticity of swords except clear fakes.

[ahagen]

Thank you for your response

[nagamaki - Franco]

hello, one example from Fujishiro.

[Gunome]

Hi,

 

I noticed something strange on the yasuri me upper the mekugi ana. It change from sujikai to kiri ?!?

The example from Fujishiro has a nakago jiri different from the photo

[reinhard]

If the blade was shortened, different yasurime on nakago's upper area and a nakago-jiri differing from the norm could be accepted, but the mei looks really bad. TERUKANE's mei are very stylish and confident. They vary only slightly and never to the extent as seen here. This blade's chances of being shoshin are minimal.

 

reinhard