worn gokatana mei - help please

[sencho]

Well I have a Gokatana (the one with the Tiger handle "Syozui" maybe, eh Bungo?) and it has a very worn signature on it.

 

Here is a picture that I took which isn't up to par but here is what we can see on the blade.

 

http://www.superyachtlogistics.com/gokatana.htm

 

？　田小　？　昴　助　？

 

? - ta (da) - sho (ko) - ? - subaru(?) - suke - ?

 

The last couple of characters are pretty dark on the picture... I will try for some better shots and post them.

 

First character could be two characters and we are not sure about "subaru" but this is what it looks like.

 

From this does anyone have and idea on what the signature could possibly say?

 

Cheers

Anjin chan!

[Nobody]

嶌田小十郎助宗 (Shimada Kojurou Sukemune)

[sencho]

Hi Moriyama san,

 

I will examine more when the Ozeki karatumba wears off, but in the meantime do you know anything about this smith?

 

thanks very much

 

船長

[Nobody]

I will examine more when the Ozeki karatumba wears off, but in the meantime do you know anything about this smith?[/size]

Hi 船長 san,

I do not know the smith. However, I made a search on internet and found the same Mei on a kogatana. It was on an already closed auction.

[Rich T]

in the meantime do you know anything about this smith?

 

thanks very much

 

船長

 

Its not back the front is it ??, as in Osafune ?

 

rich

[Bungo]

船長

Its not back the front is it ??, as in Osafune ?

 

it means captain......master of the ship, kapitan

 

Milt THE ronin

[sencho]

Sukemune

助

宗

 

Shinto, Shinano no kuni (Kanei)

SUK295 TTp326

Kiku. Student of Tsuda Sukehiro (SUK130). AKA "Kojuro Sukemune".

 

1. shinshu matsumoto ju sukemune

2. zenkoji ju ani sukemune

3. shimada kojuro sukemune

4. hirosuke

 

1, 信州松本住助宗

2, 善光寺住□助宗

3, 島田小十郎助宗

4, □

 

 

 

 

This look like the fellow

[sencho]

Sorry... that was from JSSUS.org

 

Nigel

[sencho]

in the meantime do you know anything about this smith?

 

thanks very much

 

船長

 

Its not back the front is it ??, as in Osafune ?

 

rich

 

means sencho, Rich.... "captain"

 

Nigel

[sencho]

I will examine more when the Ozeki karatumba wears off, but in the meantime do you know anything about this smith?[/size]

Hi 船長 san,

I do not know the smith. However, I made a search on internet and found the same Mei on a kogatana. It was on an already closed auction.

 

Moriyama san

 

Do you have the link for that?

 

nigel

[Nobody]

I will examine more when the Ozeki karatumba wears off, but in the meantime do you know anything about this smith?[/size]

Hi 船長 san,

I do not know the smith. However, I made a search on internet and found the same Mei on a kogatana. It was on an already closed auction.

 

Moriyama san

 

Do you have the link for that?

 

nigel

船長さん,

Unfortunately, both the auction page and its cache are lost. You can see only the lists of the search result.

 

http://www.google.co.jp/search?sourceid ... 5%AE%97%22

[sencho]

OK out of :

 

島田小十郎助宗

 

I am pretty much 100% with :

 

田小十郎助

 

Just first and last charater is difficult, however not sure if it can be anyone else with this part of the mei complete

 

Thanks for all of your help

Nigel

[Surfson]

Hi, just bought a katana made by this man this weekend. I will post photos of the tang, the taikan entry and the blade this week. Cheers, Bob

[Surfson]

Promised a photo of this sword. Sorry, but just have the mei for now. Cheers, Bob

[runagmc]

Did Kojuro Sukemune always sign ura mei on katana?

 

EDIT; I saw on your other post you where looking for info on 9 petal kiku mon and I ran across this site. http://www.mokuzai-tonya.jp/05bunen/zui ... index.html

 

(2)　九葉(9 petal) 島田の豊後守助宗(shimada no bungo no kami sukemune)、島田広助(shimada hirosuke)、（島田鍛治の得意先は甲州・武田家臣が多い）。(shimada kaji???????koushu. takeda retainer????)　

 

Mabey somebody who reads Japanese can see if there's anything significant...