Wakizashi mei

[Marcin]

Help with translation please. Its osafune bizen smith. Osafune Sukesada?

 

[Julien]

Looks like 備前國長船住祐定 bizen kuni osafune ju sukesada, but always hard with that type of picture

 

[Marcin]

Osafune village was destroyed at the end of 16th century? They stopped using osafune in mei afterwards? Question answered in article below.

[PNSSHOGUN]

Shinto Yokoyama Sukesada.

[Marcin]

Thank you. For future reference some info.

https://nihonto.com/sukesada/

[Bugyotsuji]

2 hours ago, Rawa said:

Osafune village was destroyed at the end of 16th century? They stopped using osafune in mei afterwards?

Did they stop using Osafune in their Mei? This is something I hadn't considered!

 

Although there were serious floods during the 1500s, during which old Fukuoka Castle was swept away together with many smiths and their workshops, the Yoshii river itself even changing course, Osafune as a place for making swords has continued on to the present day. What I had heard was that when the traditional smiths were washed away, the Sukesada stepped in and finally gained ascendancy in the area.

 

(Edit, thank you M for the explanatory link above, which I have just read.)

[Marcin]

Posting entire auction, it is set of 2 wakizashi, yari spear and first edition of inami hakusui nippon-to [1948]

https://ebay.us/m/IU2y3o

One waki is pappered sue seki. Unokubi Zukuri.

Other one is shinto Osafune Sukesada but with old pre 1982 white nbthk.