Ismael73 Posted October 29, 2025 Report Posted October 29, 2025 (edited) Looking to get help translating the signature. Edited October 29, 2025 by Ismael73 Quote
mecox Posted October 29, 2025 Report Posted October 29, 2025 Read quickly and was well off with Fujiwara Kanemitsu.......Ganko has it with Inshu Kanesaki 1 Quote
Sonja Posted June 5 Report Posted June 5 I inherited this wakizashi. Could anyone help me translate the inscription on the blade tang? Many thanks. I 1 Quote
eternal_newbie Posted June 5 Report Posted June 5 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Sonja said: I inherited this wakizashi. Could anyone help me translate the inscription on the blade tang? Many thanks. This should be in its own separate topic as it is unrelated to the original poster's sword. That aside, the mei (inscription) reads: 小池貞信作 (Koike Sadanobu saku, "Made by Koike Sadanobu") 文久二年七月日 (Bunkyū ni-nen nana-gatsu hi, "The seventh month of Bunkyū 2 [i.e. July, 1862]") I have only managed to find one other example of a sword by this smith: https://www.nipponto.co.jp/swords6/KY331877.htm (this one was made in February, 1863). The Japanese text in the listing of this sword says that this is an alternative signature of Gassan Unryushi Sadanobu (月山雲龍子貞信), however I do not know enough about the Gassan lineage of smiths to confirm this. Edited June 5 by eternal_newbie Added some additional information about Sadanobu 2 Quote
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