Need help translating

[choyashi]

I have a Wakizashi with a mei I can not figure out,

and the same sword has a signed Fuchi.

I would appreciate any help......Thank you, Craig

[ottou812]

The writing looks like Kanenobu or Kanemichi.

[Nobody]

The writing on the fuchi is Kaneyuki. If it is genuine, he may be Hamano Kaneyuki (濱野兼隨).

 

We need clearer pictures to read the kanji on the nakago.

[choyashi]

I posted a better picture of the nakago on the original post.

Thank you for responding so quickly.

I'm new to sword collecting.

Just got this sword and a Kanemoto, which I am going

to take to a shinsa in San Francisco this Summer.

[Nobody]

助定 - Sukesada

[choyashi]

So, Nobody

The only Sukisada with a mei like that is the one from

the early kamakura period. That would make my blade

from the 1200's. But, the fuchi-kashira artist Kaneyuki

is from the 1700's. The sword may have been rebuilt?

If the blade is that old, it might explain why the tsuba

looks like it was made by a caveman! Would you like to

take a shot at reading the mei on it ? Craig

[Nobody]

AFAIK, there were at least five Sukesada with the same kanji, and the latest one lived in the 17th C. Furthermore, it is not uncommon to be equipped with younger/older fittings for the blade.

[Jacques]

Hi,

 

I own the exactly same tsuba and it is signed Myochin 明珍