Is Afu's Translation (For This Smith)Wrong?

[wakiboy]

I read this signature as (chikuzen ju minamoto nobukuni yoshimasa). In Hawleys blue book 1966 he has this smith as YO279 and shows it as S85 but I can't find him in AFU's although Fujishiro's Nihon Shinto Jiten do's show this smith.....any help most welcome.

[SteveM]

You got the translation right. I don't have the Afu reference, but the online swordsmith reference has three Chikuzen Yoshimasa smiths that might point to the one who did this sword: YOS361, YOS362, and YOS363. There is also a reference for a Nobukuni Yoshimasa under NOB272. I don't know if this is a cross-reference or a duplicate, but it looks like NOB272 is one of the above three Yoshimasas. 

 

http://nihontoclub.com/view/smiths/meisearch?type=swordsmith_record&mei_op=contains&mei=Yoshimasa

[wakiboy]

Thanks Steve

I see what you mean, I will have to try to find some oshigata to compare.

Thanks for the input..

Ian