Sayagaki translationb

[wakiboy]

Morning everyone

 could you please help me with the translation of the attached sayagaki pics?

I have been struggling without my books. 
 Many thanks in advance

ian

further pictures to follow due to size.

[wakiboy]

Pic. 2/

[Ray Singer]

Bizen no kuni Masamitsu 

[wakiboy]

Pic 3

[wakiboy]

Pic 4

[Ray Singer]

I believe photo two is:i Jidai Kakei (1387 嘉慶) 

 

Perhaps Hon'ami Nishu. 

[wakiboy]

Thanks Ray

That was quick, do you have any idea for the rest?

Ian

[Bugyotsuji]

Hard to read them on their side like that but Nagasa 2 Shaku 1 Sun... 2 Bu(?)

And Showa 39 (1964) dated by Honami

[wakiboy]

Thank you Piers, hope you’re keeping well….

I am away from home at the moment and I’m trying to sort this out for a friend..

Ian

[wakiboy]

Thank you all for your quick responses..

Ian

[Ray Singer]

Ian, the sayagaki would be referring to this smith (credit Markus Sesko).

MASAMITSU (政光), Jōji (貞治, 1362-1368), Bizen – “Bishū Osafune Masamitsu” (備州長船政光), “Masamitsu” (政光), according to tradition the son or student of Kanemitsu (兼光), we know date signatures from the second year of Enbun (延文, 1357) to the sixth year of Ōei (応永, 1399) which means an active period of more than 40 years, his workmanship changes from about Kōō (康応, 1389-1390) onwards and so the theory exists that there were two generations Masamitsu, generally he worked in the style of Kanemitsu but his hamon is somewhat more densely arranged and appears as ko-gunome tending to kataochi or ko-gunome with many ashi, we also know works with a slightly undulating notare mixed with gunome and ashi, jō-saku ◎