Sayagaki help

[paulb]

Dear All,

Have been working with a colleague on translating a Sayagaki by Honami Kozon. Thanks more to his efforts than mine we have sorted out the attribution, the dimensions, the date of the attribution and Kozons mei. However there is a section in the middle that currently has us beaten. This is not helped by the Sosho style characters. Can anyone suggest what this might be?

thanks in advance

paulb

[Nobody]

The kanji may be 大磨上無銘也 (O-suriage, Mumei nari).

[paulb]

Thank you very much, the blade is certainly O-suriage and Mumei so I think that fits the bill

Best regards

Paulb

[Nobody]

I just realized that the 2nd kanji also might be 余 (amari).

[paulb]

Dear Koichi-san

Am I right in translating Amari as remains or remaining? If so i assume this states the remains, or remaining part of an O-suriage mumei blade? again this would be an accurrate description of the blade in question.

thank you for your continued assistance.

regards

Paulb

[Nobody]

"amari" is a part of its length description and has nothing to do with O-suriage. The meaning of "amari" in the context is something like "odd" (i.e. some numerical value +odd).