Frank101 Posted June 7 Report Posted June 7 Assistance please on mei translation on the ubu naginata. Also, any information on this particular swordsmith. Thank you. Quote
The Blacksmith Posted June 7 Report Posted June 7 I am certainly no expert, and extremely rusty anyway, but my reading of this mei is Nobukuni YoshiShige. Hopefully, I am correct, but then again................? Quote
Nobody Posted June 7 Report Posted June 7 信國吉種 - Nobukuni Yoshitane Ref. Sold at Auction: Nobukuni Yoshitane 信國吉種, long naginata Japanese Samurai sword, Muromachi period (1467-1469AD) 6 Quote
cisco-san Posted June 12 Report Posted June 12 very little information available from Markus book: YOSHITANE (吉種), Chōroku (長禄, 1457-1460), Buzen – “Nobukuni Yoshitane saku” (信国吉種作), according to tradition the son of Tsukushi-Ryōkai Yoshisuke (能助), Usa-Nobukuni lineage (宇佐信国) Quote
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