Marius Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 Dear Friends, may I as you for help on this one? Those kanji make no sense to me. The registration paper of the tanto was Mitsuhiro, but I see no big resemblance. The tanto itself looks like a Nambokucho/early Muromachi sword, not thet it matters. I shall be happy to publish pics of it. Disclaimer: I might offer this tanto for sale here on the NMB, so if you feel uncomfortable with it, I will understand. Just wanted to be honest. Thank you Quote
Fuuten Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 Sorry i can't be of help But good of////for you! Quote
Shugyosha Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 Hi Mariusz, Do you mean Mitsuhiro like this? 光廣 I think that the second kanji would maybe pass for "hiro" but can't make out much of the first one. Best, John Quote
Marius Posted January 21, 2016 Author Report Posted January 21, 2016 John, yes, this is what I meant. But I think we can disagree with the torokusho. Thanks Quote
Ray Singer Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 I actually do see Mitsuhiro (光廣) in that mei. Best regards, Ray Quote
Kronos Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 I can see why they could think mitsu, but it's very different in a lot of ways. I just can't see what else it could be with the 3 top strokes that are very unique for mitsu, a hard one for sure. Do you have any pics of the blade? Quote
Robert Mormile Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 Mariusz, Perhaps 綱廣 Tsunahiro. RM Quote
Brian Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 John, yes, this is what I meant. But I think we can disagree with the torokusho. Thanks I think torokusho are far more unreliable than we would think. Bet the people who write them out are far from sword experts. 2 Quote
Markus Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 I think it is indeed Mitsuhiro, just with the lower (儿) radical chiseled in a somewhat "dissolved" manner and with the right hook executed like (ム). Quote
Ray Singer Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 I think it is indeed Mitsuhiro, just with the lower (儿) radical chiseled in a somewhat "dissolved" manner and with the right hook executed like (ム). I thought the same Markus. Sometimes you see the radical with a sharp angle, but the example from Mariusz is more abstracted with the horizontal stroke disconnected. Quote
Marius Posted January 21, 2016 Author Report Posted January 21, 2016 Thank you, gentlemen If we settle on Matsuhiro and accept the signature as genuine, according to Markus's excellent Index this could be the Kozori smith working in the Nambokucho period. I will post some pics later on if you are interested. Again, you guys rock! Quote
Kronos Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 The Kozori smith used a different character for Hiro, but then again this isn't the first Kozori mei that has confused the hell out of me. Quote
Marius Posted January 22, 2016 Author Report Posted January 22, 2016 James, Thank you Of course you are right. I should have looked at the nakago-jiri. This must be a tanto by: MITSUHIRO (光広), Eishō (永正, 1504-1521), Kaga. A few pics attached. 1 Quote
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