Maker Info

[Schaumann]

I have a katana with “摂州住助信” inscribed on the nakago (see attached photo). The nagasa is 70.3 cm. The hamon is suguha. Can anyone provide any information about the maker? Let me know what other information may be of help.

 

Thanks

Kirk S

 

[Jean]

Smith is Sukenobu. You have all the data here to translate.

 

I let you find the province

 

http://www.jssus.org/nkp/index.html

[Schaumann]

Thank you for the reply. 

 

I didn't put enough information in my initial post.  

 

I have researched the name on the internet and looked in a couple of references that I have but can't find any information on this maker.  Could anyone out there direct me to some resources that may have more information?  Things like estimated time period of construction etc.

 

Thanks again

[Mark S.]

This might be your smith referenced from the Japanese Swordsmith Index at: https://nihontoclub.com/ Sukenobu Submitted by kazarena on Mon, 2007-05-14 19:13 助信 [Help] △  寛文︱ 攝津 Sukenobu ID SUK394 Province Settsu Start Era Kanbun (1661-1673) End Era Enpō (1673-1681) Active Period 1661-1681 Teacher Kunisuke   Source Rating Reference/Page Hawley 15 SUK394  Toko Taikan ¥2.5M  318  Signatures: 攝州住出羽守源助信 sesshū ju dewa no kami minamoto sukenobu 攝州住助信 sesshū ju sukenobu 出羽守源助信 dewa no kami minamoto sukenobu

 

[Schaumann]

Jean, Mark,

 

Thank you for your reply’s.  They both led me to other resources that provided more information.