Tanobe Sayagaki - A Bit Of Help

[mywei]

Hi everyone,

 

Have made an attempt at this Tanobe sayagaki. Would like another set(s) of more expert eyes to see to double check

 

薙刀直し無名也　同工則重門と傳の　本作は黒味ある大板目が肌立ち　地沸厚く地影入り 刃文は小湾れに互の目を交へ　沸匂深厚而砂流、金筋かかり　地刃に沸出来の妙を織成し 則重氣質が窺い知る　正に所傳の首肯さるる優品也 長弐尺参寸五分

 

Naginata naoshi mumei nari

Doko Norishige mon to den no (This smith was a student of Norishige)

Honsaku ha kuromi aru ooitame ga hadatachi (This work has blackish oo-itame with hadatachi)

Jinie atsuku Chikei hairi (Thick jinie with chikei)

Hamon ha ko-notare ni gunome wo maji e (Hamon is ko-notare mixed with gunome)

Nie nioi hukaku atsuku (Nie and nioi are deep and thick)

Shikashite sunagashi, kinsuji kakari (and there are sunagashi and kinsuji)

Jiba ni nie-deki no myou wo orinashi (Forging is interwoven with superb nie-deki)

Norishige kishitsu ga ukagaishiru (The temperament of Norishige can be perceived)

Masa ni ?tokoro den no shukou saruru yuhin nari  - unsure of exact translation or pronounciation

Nagasa ni shaku san sun go bun (Nagasa 71.2cm)

 

Cheers,

[Surfson]

As far as I can tell, you did very well.  Farther than I would have gotten without a lot of work.  Well done!  

[SteveM]

Dōkō Norishige mon to tsutau (This smith is said to have been a student of Norishige)

 

正に所傳の首肯さるる優品也

Masa ni shoden no shukōsaruru yūhin nari

A superb work that we can be sure is as claimed (in other words, we can be sure this was done by a student of Norishige)

 

窺ひ知うる I think are the words on the saya. 　Nowadays I think people would say 窺い知れる

 

I echo Robert's words above. You've done extremely well. 

[mywei]

   本当に感謝しています、先生！

 

The somewhat archaic Japanese on sayagakis always provide a (fun) challenge for me!

 

Thanks again