Brian Posted February 21, 2017 Report Posted February 21, 2017 Clearly not Japanese. But just to satisfy my own curiosity, can anyone confirm that this is gibberish, or does it actually read anything at all?I am getting feelings of deja vu here, like I have done this one before. Is this one of the China forges?What i am trying to disprove is the claim that it says:"its an old saying if you want more fortune/luck u need to always remember your roots/origin and be careful of your behaviour ( behave properly )" Umm....no..I don't think so. Quote
Ray Singer Posted February 21, 2017 Report Posted February 21, 2017 Looks to me a bit like 摂津守源_行 (Settsu no Kami Minamoto ___yuki). 1 Quote
Brian Posted February 21, 2017 Author Report Posted February 21, 2017 I got the "kami" but not so sure about the rest. Doesn't look like it was signed by any Japanese smith though. Quote
Brian Posted February 21, 2017 Author Report Posted February 21, 2017 What do we think of the guy who sent the pic to his colleagues in China, and was told it reads "its an old saying if you want more fortune/luck u need to always remember your roots/origin and be careful of your behaviour ( behave properly )"Umm....no chance in hell? Quote
Ray Singer Posted February 21, 2017 Report Posted February 21, 2017 To me it seems clear that this was meant to follow the format of a Japanese mei: (LOCATION) - (TITLE) - (CLAN NAME) - (SMITH NAME) Specifically the intent was to pass of as the mei of the well-known smith Awataguchi Tadayuki: The missing kanji I did not include above appears to be TADA. 摂津守源忠行 1 Quote
Ray Singer Posted February 21, 2017 Report Posted February 21, 2017 Interesting, I just did a quick search for a Tadayuki mei to attach as reference and this one turned up. https://nihontoclub.com/discussions/2013/12/10/Sword-Identification Quote
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