Signature On A Do

[dominnimod]

Found what seems to be a signature,hopefully date on an ashigaru do,but im having troubles identifyng the kanji as they are pretty worn out and im not familiar with them,

https://postimg.org/image/88kfqz47n/

Any help is appreciated,

Thanks

[uwe]

Jose,

ashigaru armor's or okashi gusoku (lent armor's) bearing usually neither a date nor a signature. Shu urushi inscriptions are mostly numbers and sizes. Or sometimes including at best the name of the arsenal.

[dominnimod]

Jose,

ashigaru armor's or okashi gusoku (lent armor's) bearing usually neither a date nor a signature. Shu urushi inscriptions are mostly numbers and sizes. Or sometimes including at best the name of the arsenal.

Great,as i though it could be late edo or meiji,when these armors weren't made for being used anymore,

i thought that could be mei,but that makes more sense

Thanks Uwe,you are always there 

[k morita]

Hi,
It's date,not signature.

 

Front:
慶應　(Keiō).  Keiō period(1865-1868) is a name of the year at late Edo era.

 

Back:
慶應七寅年(Tiger year,the 7th year of Keiō.)
But,Keiō period exists only 4 years,not existed 7th year of Keiō.
If the tiger year is right, the date on the Do is the 2nd year(1866) of Keiō period.

[uwe]

Great, thanks Morita san! Doesn't expect a date at this type of armor...

Sry Jose, I was proved to be wrong.

[dominnimod]

Many thanks Morita san!,actually a date is great,was unexpected  

No problem uwe,you wanted to help and that was very informative anyways!