help with Gendaito Mei~

[vermont4me]

Greetings all and thank you for such a wonderful resource~ This is my first 'submission' on this board (but it has been invaluable in many other ways...) Anyway, I bought this beautiful gendai from a gent out west and am having serious trouble with the mei...can any of you folks help me? Regards, Bob

 

 

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[Stephen]

Bob

 

turened it up right for ya, maybe Tomohide?

[vermont4me]

thanks stephen....are the 5 or six characters below that a town or? Was just out in Cedar Rapids....I hope Des Moines fared better in the floods of late....Bad stuff...

[Stephen]

not 100 % its tomo I see kuni ju (maybe tomohide) saku have not found the first three, i lack alot of books these days. Im sure Nobody will help.

[Nobody]

Upper pic: 濃國ä½æ”¿ç§€ä½œ – Masahide residing in Mino province made (this).

濃國 (correct reading???) – means Mino province

政秀 (Masahide) – smith’s name (I am a little unsure about 秀.)

 

Lower pic: å¿…å‹ (hissho) – Victory!

[Stephen]

thanks Koichi san seem to foget that Masa,

[vermont4me]

thank you very much koichi san and stephen~ Very interesting..is he a documented smith (in slough's book...)?

[Guest reinhard]

濃國 (correct reading???) – means Mino province

 

I think parts of the first Kanji for Mino are still visible though partly erased by the mekugi-ana and cut off by the pic's frame.

 

reinhard

[Nobody]

濃國 (correct reading???) – means Mino province

 

I think parts of the first Kanji for Mino are still visible though partly erased by the mekugi-ana and cut off by the pic's frame.

reinhard,

I think you are right.

 

The whole mei may be (美)濃國ä½æ”¿ç§€ä½œ.