Tanba No Kami Yoshimichi Mei Help

[Jesper]

Dear all,

I would like your opinion on this Tanba no Kami Yoshimishi mei. It does not fit my references of the earlier generations of Yoshimichi smiths of either the Kyo or Osaka branch. The dot stroke in the Kami Kanji (by pointing in the six o´clock position) however indicate the Osaka branch. Could it be some of the later generations or a gimei?, which is quite common.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Jesper

 

 

[Surfson]

I haven't studied the mei, but does the hamon fit this school?  

[Jesper]

The hamon looks like a rather coarse Sudare-ba (Bamboo screeen, resembling sweeping strokes of a broom). Sudare-ba was mostly made by the Mishima group, to which the  Yoshimichi smiths belong. In that respect the hamon fit the mei. I have enclosed a snapshot.

 

 

 

 

[Brian]

Has a chance. Some sudareba qualities there.

[SwordGuyJoe]

Mei looks worth a shot at shinsa IMO.