Stephen Posted May 7, 2016 Report Posted May 7, 2016 bit of dispute else where I see Bishu osafune Muramune and you? Quote
John A Stuart Posted May 7, 2016 Report Posted May 7, 2016 Looks good to me. A little corroded, but, sure, well within what's likely. John Quote
Stephen Posted May 7, 2016 Author Report Posted May 7, 2016 i dont see the center line on toshi?? Quote
Ed Posted May 7, 2016 Report Posted May 7, 2016 Guess it could be toshi. Bound to be one or the other. Quick look in Hawley's shows only one Muramune, signed Bishu Osafune Muramune. Two Toshimune, one Bizen-2 character mei. One Bitchu same as Uda Toshimune. ???????? Quote
Ray Singer Posted May 7, 2016 Report Posted May 7, 2016 The short middle stroke does appear to be there, angled slightly downwards to the left. The top of the right stroke is lost or obscured due to corrosion. There appear to be two horizontal strokes in the left radical, which is specific to TOSHI. MURA has only one horizontal stroke in the left radical (middle stroke is present, top stroke absent compared with TOSHI). The location of corrosion has made it less obvious overall where FUNE ends and the next kanji begins. Quote
Ray Singer Posted May 7, 2016 Report Posted May 7, 2016 Forgive the crude markup done on my phone. 1 Quote
Stephen Posted May 7, 2016 Author Report Posted May 7, 2016 TOSHIMUNE (利宗), Jōwa (貞和, 1345-1350), Bizen – “Toshimune” (利宗) TOSHIMUNE (利宗), Ōei (応永, 1394-1428), Satsuma → YOSHIMUNE (吉宗), Ōei (応永, 1394-1428), Satsuma TOSHIMUNE (利宗), Heisei (平成, 1989- ), Chiba – “Toshimune” (利宗), real name Ezawa Toshiharu (江澤利春), he studied under Sumitani Masamine (隅谷正峯) none signed osafune from bishu MURAMUNE (村宗), Eikyō (永享, 1429-1441), Bizen – “Bishū Osafune Muramune” (備州長船村宗 1 Quote
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