ShinShinto Wakizashi Grasskript

[Itomagoi]

Hi,

I hope for your help with this mei.

 

 

[xiayang]

[柳?河?]住久広作 = [Yanagawa?]-jū Hisahiro saku

 

慶應三年八月日 = on a day in the 8th month of Keiō 3 (1867 CE)

[Itomagoi]

Thank you, Jan!

[Itomagoi]

柳河 住 久弘 作

Is this writing method for Hisahiro 久弘  also possible?

 

Can anyone help me find the blacksmith?

[oli]

Maybe

HISAHIRO (久広), 1st gen., Bunkyū (文久, 1861-1864), Chikugo – “Chikugo Yanagawa-jū Hisahiro” (筑後柳川住

久広), “Shinano no Kami Fujiwara Hisahiro” (信濃守藤原久広), “Yanagawa-jū Hisahiro” (柳川住久広), student of

Munehiro (宗広), family name Mutō (武藤), Shinano no Kami Hisahiro had three sons who all signed with Hisahiro, his

oldest son succeeded as 2nd gen.

 

Example Katana https://nihontou.jp/.../katana/1578/00.html

[Itomagoi]

Hello,
once again on this mei. It is not possible to find out which hisahiro it is. An unlisted smith or alternate name used by someone else.

But maybe the usual user @Nobody @SteveM @k morita @Ray Singer can help me to translate the first two kanji.

 

柳川 住久弘作 Yanagawa Ju Hisahiro Saku

 

or

 

摂州住久弘作 Sesshu Ju Hisahiro Saku

 

Thank you in advice.

[k morita]

Yes,   柳河住久広作　(Yanagawa-ju Hisahiro  saku).

Date is  慶應三年八月日　(August of the 3rd year  of Keio period (1867)).

[Itomagoi]

Hi, thank you very much for your translation. That would imply that as oli posted above it is the 1st gen. or 2nd gen. Muto Hisahiro could be. But this mei, and please correct me if I'm wrong, is not hisahiro (久広) but hisahiro (久弘). So it can't be the muto smiths.

 

I have attached the registration card. Maybe it will help, maybe not. 

[Bugyotsuji]

Morita San is correct. On the card is written the older Kanji form hiro 廣, which is simplified on the nakago to hiro 広.

[Itomagoi]

And none of the muto hisahiro signed in sosho style. 

[Itomagoi]

Thank you, Piers. 

But it is still a mystery for me.