Sword Cane - Saya

[Barrie B]

Hi,

 

I have a fairly normal (but nicely finished) Meiji period Sword Cane Koshirae that has some kanji on the bottom. Although I can read most of the kanji like hisa and tada, I cannot put it together to decipher if it is a maxim or the sayashi's signature. 

 

 

Any assistance would be appreciated, thank you. 

 

Barrie.

[Ken-Hawaii]

Don't think I've ever seen a shikomizue signed on the wood.

[Stephen]

Loved to have seen the blade.

[SteveM]

太田大嶋甼（町）

Ōta Ōshima-chō

製造人　鍋忠

seizōnin Nabetada

 

Made by Nabetada, of Ōshima in Ōta (possibly pointing to what is today a place in the city of Ōta, Gunma prefecture)

[Barrie B]

Steve,

 

Thank you; much appreciated. 

 

Sincerely,

 

Barrie.