dklenum Posted May 14, 2018 Report Posted May 14, 2018 Dear collector friends, I am new to this,can anyone please help with my mei. Thank you for any info. Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted May 14, 2018 Report Posted May 14, 2018 **da Ujifusa. There was a Seki Smith Shinoda Ujifusa. That’s more than likely your guy, as your blade is Seki stamped. Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted May 14, 2018 Report Posted May 14, 2018 From Markus’ index - btw, anyone who doesn’t own this book needs to! Ujifusa (氏房), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – „Ujifusa“ (氏房), civilian name „Shinoda Hiroshi“ (篠田寛), born May 20th 1912, student of Watanabe Kanenaga (渡辺兼永) and Katō Jumyō (加藤寿命), he worked as guntō smith Quote
dklenum Posted May 14, 2018 Author Report Posted May 14, 2018 Dear Juyo, Thank you for your fast reply. Can you tell me "what is Markus index" ? Quote
Mark Posted May 14, 2018 Report Posted May 14, 2018 https://markussesko.com/2013/04/03/info-index-of-Japanese-swordsmiths/ Quote
SteveM Posted May 14, 2018 Report Posted May 14, 2018 志乃田氏房 Shinoda Ujifusa The first three kanji are a different rendering for the pronunciation of the artist's real last name (civilian last name, given in Joe's post #3 above) Quote
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