2 Tsuba Mei, Please

[Grey Doffin]

Hi guys,

2 tsuba, both of which will be for sale, I'm needing 1 Kanji each for.

The 1st I have Myochin Osumi no Kami Ki Mune (or So) something Saku.

The 2nd I have Choshu Ju something taka.

Can one of you fill in the somethings?

Much appreciated,  Grey

[Stephen]

could it be Michitaka, going to go have a look at it.

[Shugyosha]

Maybe a badly inscribed 継 tsugu for the Myochin tsuba but using the old "thread" radical - for some reason it gets changed whenever I copy and paste. That said, there's nothing in Haynes for a Munetsugu written that way...

[kyushukairu]

The Choshu piece looks like 過高 Sugitaka? and I agree with John on 継

[John A Stuart]

Masataka. John

[Grey Doffin]

Thanks for the help but nothing seems to fit.  I have listed the 2 tsuba with blanks for those Kanji.

Grey

[SteveM]

長州住通高　Chōshū-jū Michitaka    would be my guess. 　

[SteveM]

For the other, I would say

 

紀宗継  

Ki no Munetsugu

 

But I'm away from my books now, so I can't check on either of these. Will look later today. 

[SteveM]

Michitaka from Chōshū is listed in Wakayama, so I'm liking the looks of that one.

 

The Myōchin mei I feel confident that its intending to be Ki no Munetsugu, but there is no Munetsugu listed in Wakayama. I did find a few references to Myōchin Ōsumi no kami Ki no Munetsugu (same kanji) on the net, but they were mostly for auction sites. Wakayama says there were a lot of metalworkers of the Myōchin Ki branch who signed Mune~ (and then put their own kanji after the Mune). So I think if anyone has a comprehensive Myōchin lineage family try of the Ki branch, you might find Munetsugu listed there. 

[Grey Doffin]

Thank you Steve,

I will make changes to my listings.

Grey