Sei Or Kiyo? Help Please..

[Barrie B]

Hi all,

 

I am having trouble with this Mei.. I think it it is Seijo, but might it be something else…? The Mei is close, but I don't see the same strokes as Hawleys depicts.. Am I reading this correctly? I had a look in Markus Sesko's Signatures of Sword Fitting Artists as well, without luck..

 

 

Thanks in advance..

 

Barrie.

 

 

[SteveM]

I think you got it right. Looks like Seijō to me, too.

 

(There are at least 4 different Seijōs... my reference doesn't show examples, so I can't help you there.) 

[Barrie B]

Hi Steve..

 

Hawley lists 18 Seijo, of which seven have the same kanji used here. I'm not so concerned about which artist (probably gimei anyway); I was just trying to research the mei..

 

Thanks for your assistance,

 

Barrie.