lonely panet Posted May 31 Report Posted May 31 Im comfused again. The nakago looks bizen style but the mei looks poor. Quote
SteveM Posted June 2 Report Posted June 2 Couldn't crack this one. The first three are 大和守 (Yamato-no-kami) as you might already know. The last one I assume is 作, although it looks unusual. Which leaves the 4th and 5th kanji, which are obviously the swordsmith's name, but here they both look so strange as to be illegible. Well, if we know the smith is allowed to use "Yamato-no-kami" we can go to the list of smiths who were granted that title, compiled by Markus, and search through the list for possible/plausible matches. Unfortunately the kanji on the sword look nothing like the kanji used by any of the Yamato-no-kami smiths. Actually, both of the kanji on the sword look like parts of kanji, or unfinished kanji. This one has me stumped. 1 Quote
lonely panet Posted June 2 Author Report Posted June 2 I assumed it was gimei because the mei is just poor in every way. Big clumsy work Quote
Tohagi Posted June 4 Report Posted June 4 5th kanji try: 永 maybe : 則永作 ? Not sure the meï is bad... Quote
Jussi Ekholm Posted June 4 Report Posted June 4 Unfortunately I am away from all my references for a month. I might dare to guess it could be. 大和守氏命作 - Ujinaga. Unfortunately I couldn't find any reference examples to this particular Ujinaga smith online. But sometimes Uji 氏 & Naga 命 might look bit similar in execution to kanji on this sword when done by various smiths. Of course it is very difficult one as there are only specific amount of Yamato no Kami smiths. Quote
Jacques Posted June 4 Report Posted June 4 Make your choice (from Shoshin's site) HIDEKUNI MEI-JI 1868 AIZU MEIJI HIRONOBU TEI-KYO 1684 YAMASHIRO/KII SHINTO HIRONOBU GEN-JI 1864 MUSASHI SHIN-SHINTO IYETSUGU KAN-EI 1624 YAMASHIRO SHINTO KANEHIRO KAN-BUN 1661 HIZEN SHINTO KANEKURA TEN-WA 1681 MINO SHINTO KANENOBU SHO-HO 1644 MINO SHINTO KANENOBU KAN-BUN 1661 MINO SHINTO KUNIHIDE GEN-ROKU 1688 OSAKA SHINTO KOBAYASHI KUNITERU (same as KUNIHIDE) KUNIMORI KAN-EI 1624 MINO SHINTO KUNITAKE TEI-KYO 1684 YAMATO SHINTO SUKEKANE (same as KUNITAKE) KUNITSUNA KAN-EI 1624 BUNGO SHINTO YUKIHIRA (same as KUNITSUNA) KUNIYUKI KAN-BUN 1661 BUNGO SHINTO MASAKATSU TEN-PO 1830 HIGO SHINTO MASANORI KAN-BUN 1661 ECHIZEN SHINTO MASAUJI KAN-EI 1624 BINGO SHINTO MOTOHIRA KAN-SEI 1789 SATSUMA SHINTO MOTONOBU SHO-TOKU 1711 SETTSU SHINTO MOTOOKI KEI-O 1865 AIZU SHIN-SHINTO MOTOUJI KAN-BUN 1661 MINO SHINTO MUNEKUNI GEN-ROKU 1688 MUSASHI SHINTO NAOHIRO KA-EI 1848 BUNGO SHIN-SHINTO NAOYUKI GEN-BUN 1736 BUNGO SHINTO NOBUSADA TEN-MON 1532 YAMASHIRO KOTO NOBUSADA KAN-EI 1624 HIGO SHINTO NOBUTOSHI TEN-WA 1681 HARIMA SHINTO SADAHIRO GEN-ROKU 1688 OWARI SHINTO SUKEMASA TEI-KYO 1684 OSAKA SHINTO TADATSUGU KAN-BUN 1661 YAMASHIRO SHINTO TADAYUKI KAN-EI 1624 BUNGO SHINTO TADAYUKI TEN-WA 1681 BUNGO SHINTO TAKAMICHI MEI-REKI 1655 OWARI SHINTO TOSHITOSHI MEI-WA 1764 CHIKUZEN SHINTO TSUGUIYE - origin obscure YASUKUNI SHO-TOKU 1711 SATSUMA SHINTO YASUMICHI KAN-BUN 1661 MINO SHINTO YASUSADA KEI-CHO 1596 EDO SHINTO YASUTSUGU KAN-BUN 1661 ECHIZEN SHINTO YASUTSUGU (same as YASUTSUGU) YOSHIMICHI(1) MAN-JI 1658 OSAKA SHINTO YOSHIMICHI(2) EN-PO 1673 OSAKA SHINTO YOSHIMICHI(3) GEN-ROKU 1688 OSAKA SHINTO YOSHINOBU KAN-EI 1624 YAMASHIRO SHINTO YUKINAGA TEI-KYO 1684 BUNGO SHINTO YUKIYASU GEN-JI 1864 SATSUMA SHIN-SHINTO Quote
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