Mark Posted March 8, 2017 Report Posted March 8, 2017 Since i noticed the recent thread about a matchlock i thought i would add this. I can read Kunitomo _____ Yasuyuki saku, so it is a Kunitomo group gun. I can add a few pictures if the group is interested Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted March 8, 2017 Report Posted March 8, 2017 国友津右衛門安行作 Kunitomo Tsu-uemon Yasuyuki Saku must be the reading, although for some reason I can find no other record of this smith. The closest I can get is Group 3 at Kunitomo where there were a Kunitomo Tsudayu 津太夫 and 津太夫能当, both using this unusual (within Kunitomo) Tsu kanji. Do you have any more pics of gun or inscriptions? Quote
Mark Posted March 8, 2017 Author Report Posted March 8, 2017 here are a couple. It is maybe .75 bore, weighs about 15 lbs. 1 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted March 8, 2017 Report Posted March 8, 2017 If .75 bore is 19.05 mm, then this gun is a 10 Monme (11 to be exact but people tended to round them off), a Shizutsu 士筒 or samurai zutsu, much larger and heavier than a typical ashigaru battlefield weapon. A serious piece, designed to impress. It looks good! 1 Quote
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