Tachi Signed and dated

[Francis Wick]

I tried to use the Sword Smith kanji help pages and got as far as “ Saku Kore “ I have decided I’m pretty helpless at this ! 😂 if anybody is willing to take a “stab” at this, I would appreciate it. It looks Shinto or Shin Shinto 

[Ray Singer]

Please see below for information on Katsumura Norikatsu. 

 

Yours is dated a day in the second month of Keio two (1866).

 

https://nihontoclub.com/view/smiths/meisearch?order=field_smith_start_era_value&sort=asc&type=All&mei_op=contains&mei=勝村徳勝

[Francis Wick]

Thank you for the quick reply Ray. At first glance, looking at a few other examples it looks gimei to me for sure.

[uwe]

Like Ray pointed out “於東都水府住勝村徳勝作之” (Tōto ni oite Suifu jū Katsumura Norikatsu kore o saku). 

[Francis Wick]

13 hours ago, uwe said:

Like Ray pointed out “於東都水府住勝村徳勝作之” (Tōto ni oite Suifu jū Katsumura Norikatsu kore o saku). 

Thank you Uwe 👍🏻 do you agree with my assessment that it is likely gimei ? 

[Bugyotsuji]

What makes you think it is gimei, Francis?

[Francis Wick]

I compared to a few existing examples not that there are many on the Internet to look at and the way that the kanji are inscribed and shaped look very different. His signature is typically very finely and very carefully carved. Specifically, the last character of the date looks very different.