23rd Generation Kanefusa?

[Bruce Pennington]

Just a curiosity request, guys.  This is being sold as a Kanefusa.  Has a large seki stamp (which is going in my files) but I saw the "23" right in the middle of the mei.  Is this one of those  "Made by the 23rd generation so-and-so" kind of mei?

 

The seller didn't provide a good full nakago shot.  Just these sectioned cuts of it, sorry.

 

[SteveM]

Yes, probably 濃洲関住二十三代藤原兼房作之 (Nōshū Seki-jū, 23rd Fujiwara Kanefusa).

 

[Bruce Pennington]

Thanks Steve!  I'm not able to read the rest, but I thought I'd seen such a mei before when the numbers are in the middle like that.

[DTM72]

Unfortunately, someone took a buffer to it. Kimonjo!

[DTM72]

Bruce,

 

Did you catch the small stamp on the Kanenori from the same seller? I've seen it only a few times, and don't recall what it is.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/164849737521?hash=item2661cf5f31:g:M-wAAOSwb0hgkctf

 

[Bruce Pennington]

Thanks Dan, I missed that one!  Gotta hand it to Komonjo, he posts multiple pictures and shows all the stamps.  He even includes a pic of the nakago mune to show the lack of stamps.