Masayoshi

[kissakai]

I've attached a tsuba mei - a bit blurry

I couldn't find it in Haynes but looking at Sesko's book it looked like a match

The Masa or yoshi tsuba kanji where not the expected form although I know how much they can vary

Would someone let me know the correct kanji for this mei

 

 

 

[Bugyotsuji]

正義 is the ‘correct’ form. A shorthand scribble for Masa is very common. Yoshi also has many versions of the Kanji.

[kissakai]

Didn't they learn handwriting !!!!

So difficult for me

Now I'll do more research

 

[Bugyotsuji]

There are websites which collect examples of old brushwork characters for each Kanji. This is a real problem for Japanese people too.

If you suspect it might be Masa, for example, you can go compare.