Nikachu Posted July 19, 2016 Report Posted July 19, 2016 Hello, I am new here, and looking for translation on a wakizashi. It has no Shinsa with it and was wondering if someone would be kind enough to give me a translation and maybe some information on the sword smith. thanks Quote
Stephen Posted July 19, 2016 Report Posted July 19, 2016 TSUGUHIRO (継広), 1st gen., Kanbun (寛文, 1661-1673), Echizen – “Echizen no Kuni Shimosaka Tsuguhiro” (越前国下坂継広), “Ōmi no Kami Fujiwara Tsuguhiro – Echizen-jū” (近江守藤原継広・越前住), student of the 3rd gen. Yasutsugu (康継), he lived in Echizen´s Fukui (福井) but moved later to Zeze (膳所) in Ōmi province, he also worked in Edo, we know blades from the Meireki (明暦, 1655-1658) to the Enpō era (延宝, 1673-1681), itame mixed with masame, hiro-suguha with ashi, notare, gunome-midare mixed with togari-gunome, some blades show horimono, wazamono, chūjō-saku TSUGUHIRO (継広), 2nd gen., Genroku (元禄, 1688-1704), Echizen – “Ōmi no Kami Fujiwara Tsuguhiro” (近江守藤原継広), “Echizen no Kuni Shimosaka Tsuguhiro” (越前国下坂継広), “Echizen Shimosaka Ōmi no Kami Fujiwara Tsuguhiro” (越前下坂近江守藤原継広), we know date signatures from the Genroku 1 Quote
Nikachu Posted July 19, 2016 Author Report Posted July 19, 2016 Thank you very much for the information Stephen. It has helped me to understand this Wakizashi more clearly and to be more respectful of its age, when handling it. So i am assuming Ōmi no Kami Fujiwara Tsuguhiro is either the Grand-son\ non family related student 3rd Generation of the Tsuguhiro sword smiths and from the Genroku Era 1688 to 1704 And comes from Fukui in the Echizen providence. Sorry if i am not understanding this correctly. As its all very new to me and i have no knowledge of the Japanese language. Quote
Stephen Posted July 19, 2016 Report Posted July 19, 2016 Im not qualified to say which one yours is, others will ask for pix of the blade parts, I really enjoy mine, do a search here Back from Bobby, That is a sword polisher in Hawaii, his name is Robert Benson. It turned out nicely. attached is a few mei of Tsuguhiro. 1 Quote
Stephen Posted July 19, 2016 Report Posted July 19, 2016 dont know if this will work, worth a try nope they dont inlarge link http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/14108-tsuguhiro-back-from-bobby/ disregard first part as its had a new koshi made for it latter part of first page shows what yours may look like Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.