Togi-mei - Shige___ junin

[Ray Singer]

I am curious if anyone is able to read the second kanji in this togi mei:

 

Shige__ junin 
Ichikawa togi kao 

 

Much appreciated, 

Ray 

 

 

[DanielLee]

Maybe 成 ?

[Ray Singer]

Much appreciated, thank you Daniel

 

Best regards,

Ray

 

[SteveM]

成、城、誠、etc. It should be a location name, but neither 重成 nor 重城 ring any bells.

I took a shallow dive to search for any togishi named Ichikawa, hoping that it would point me toward the location, but came up empty. 

[Bugyotsuji]

Went through much the same process as Steve above, Ray. 

 

My wife took one look and said, 知らん and walked off. (Are you sure that first Kanji is 重 Shige?)

 

There seems to be a knife-sharpening industry today in Ichikawa.

[Ray Singer]

Thank you both for looking into it further. I did think the first kanji is Shige, but got to a dead end as far as placenames which would fit. If I saw the first two kanji by themselves I would assume a name of Shigenari as was suggested above, but given that this is indication a location it is perplexing.

 

Take care,

Ray