Mei assistance please

[Markdd]

This sword is signed TsudaOmi Kami Sukanao  but is it Zaimei or gimei ? can't find too many examples to compare but the ones I have seem to be more crisp but is this because the condition of those were better .

Thanks Mark

[Geraint]

Dear Mark.

 

If you search for Tsuda Sukenao you will find several papered examples.  To start with here is one,  http://www.sho-shin.com/osaka-tsuda.html

Things to look at include the handwriting of the mei, the shape of the nakago and the nakago jiri, yasurime to start with.  Start with that first kanji, some smiths have distinctive styles of calligraphy and this does not look like a confident variant, it looks much more like my handwriting, which is appaling.  When you are looking at a big name the chances of gimei are high, but the quality of the work should also be high.

 

So the questions are, is the quality of this nakago high and is the calligraphy of the mei also high?

 

This is probably a perfectly good Shinto blade but ........

 

All the best.

 

 

 

[Markdd]

Hi,

thanks for the link all the examples have the same nakago jiri which is different to the one I posted and the Mei is cut crisp on the genuine ones so it is Gimei.

Thanks mark