Yasukuni shrine smith Yasuoki

[Nicholas]

I’m doing some research on a sword I own from the Yasukuni shrine smith Yasuoki and I came across page 45 of the Yasukunito book that shows different styles of signatures between swords signed by Yasuoki himself and swords signed by his students I believe. Unfortunately the version of the book I have is in Japanese. Can someone possibly share the English version or translate the page for me please.

[Nicholas]

[When Necessary]

Hi Nicholas,

 

This is the JSSUS pdf of all the writing but it lacks illustrations, I'm afraid.

 

If you can't locate a translation of the page you're seeking in the PDF, come back to me because I have an English edition of the book knocking around somewhere.

 

https://jssus.org/yasakunito.pdf

[When Necessary]

Here you go - it gave me an excuse to get off my butt.😁

 

 

 

It's odd - your 'Yasu' looks dai-saku but the 'oki' looks jishin-saku. 🤔

 

You'd better take a look at the date on the reverse and the yasurime on the nakago-mune.

[Volker62]

Nicholas

 

the depicted Yasuoki looks Dai saku ,of what was written about this signature

 

 

Han Bing Siong also wrote about Yasuoki's signature, one of his student's later named Yasumune often works and signed with Yasuoki's name, during Yasuoki's military servive

 

 

 

[Volker62]

currently Aoi Art offers a nice Yasuoki which is in my opinion with  Jishin siganture 

 

for comparison

[When Necessary]

8 minutes ago, Volker62 said:

Nicholas

 

the depicted Yasuoki looks Dai saku ,of what was written about this signature

 

 

Han Bing Siong also wrote about Yasuoki's signature, one of his student's later named Yasumune often works and signed with Yasuoki's name, during Yasuoki's military servive

 

 

 

Hi Volker,

 

The reason I thought there was a possibility of jishin-saku is the Oki character has the 'open roof' as shown in the book for identifying student signatures.

[Nicholas]

Thanks for the translated page@When Necessary @Volker62 I had the same thoughts about the sword being dai saku but what makes me think it’s jishin is the open roof in the oki character and also the downward stroke in the middle of the oki character that I circled in the picture below. As for the date it says in the book that it’s not always chiseled this way.
 

[When Necessary]

12 hours ago, Nicholas said:

Thanks for the translated page@When Necessary @Volker62 I had the same thoughts about the sword being dai saku but what makes me think it’s jishin is the open roof in the oki character and also the downward stroke in the middle of the oki character that I circled in the picture below. As for the date it says in the book that it’s not always chiseled this way.
 

Hi Nicholas,

 

Don't forget to look at the file marks on the top of the tang - that seems pretty straightforward in its information.

Rregardless of whether it was made by a student, any Yasukunito is a beautifully made sword and something to be very proud of owning!

[Nicholas]

Thanks @When Necessary, From what I gather the way the 興 character is chiseled and the sword having the correct file marks on the mune leads me to believe the sword is jishin made. 
 

Either way I’m happy with it. Both the sword and mounts are in great condition and I enjoy looking at it.

[When Necessary]

9 hours ago, Nicholas said:

Thanks @When Necessary
 

Either way I’m happy with it. Both the sword and mounts are in great condition and I enjoy looking at it.

And that's all that matters!