Help w translation

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Hello

 

 

Please see attached, also is it unusual for no date listed?

 

MASAYUKI seems to be the name however there appears to be several with this name

 

 

 

[Geraint]

Dear Steven.

 

For a comparison see here, https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.1090.html/2007/Japanese-works-of-art-prints-paintings-l07680

 

Not all swords are dated and it is quite common to find a mei without a date.

 

All the best.

[Jussi Ekholm]

I think it is 備後住田村正行 - Bingo jū Tamura Masayuki

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Thanks

[Bugyotsuji]

Toko Soran lists a 正行 as 「備後三次住田村正行作」 with the rough date as 「天保頃」.

[Bugyotsuji]

Which is roughly what it says on your Nakago tang, as Jussi said above, i.e. supportive of the end of Edo position.

The Toko Soran is one average reference book listing most known recorded smiths, and in my hurry just happens to be the book I reached for.

Compare this 備後三次住田村正行作 with yours. Pretty close, no?

It says: Bingo Miyoshi Ju (living in Miyoshi in Bingo) Tamura Masayuki (Saku = made this)

The date says Tempo Gurai = Around Tempo (look online for the exact dates of Tenpo/Tempo)