Help with Type 98 Shin-Gunto Mei - Seki Stamped

[tbonesullivan]

Been having some trouble with this one, as the style on the second kanji of the name, and the two characters before 義 YOSHI are ones I do not recognize. I thought maybe the second character of the name is 宗 MUNE, or 尚 NAO, but neither are quite correct. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[mecox]

David, it is  YOSHISADA  義定:   real name Ishihara Jō´ichi (石原錠一). 
Born Meiji 32 (1899) August 16. Registerd Seki smith . Showa 14 (1939) October 25 (age 40).

Example mei:  (“Seki ju Ishi hara Yoshisada saku” SHO).     (“Seki ju Ishihara Yoshisada saku” SEKI).    (“Yoshisada” “1942” SEKI).     Noted yours has a SEKI stamp.

 

One from Japanese sword Index:               Also another :  Seki ju Ishihara Yoshisada saku with SEKI stamp.   This is a long blade nagasa of 75.1 cm and sori 1.5 cm so looks custom Seki work.  (from Meirin Sangyo)

 

                                                                         

[Bruce Pennington]

@tbonesullivan - David, is it possible to get a shot showing the stamp?

[tbonesullivan]

15 hours ago, mecox said:

David, it is  YOSHISADA  義定:   real name Ishihara Jō´ichi (石原錠一). 
Born Meiji 32 (1899) August 16. Registerd Seki smith . Showa 14 (1939) October 25 (age 40).

Example mei:  (“Seki ju Ishi hara Yoshisada saku” SHO).     (“Seki ju Ishihara Yoshisada saku” SEKI).    (“Yoshisada” “1942” SEKI).     Noted yours has a SEKI stamp.

 

One from Japanese sword Index:               Also another :  Seki ju Ishihara Yoshisada saku with SEKI stamp.   This is a long blade nagasa of 75.1 cm and sori 1.5 cm so looks custom Seki work.  (from Meirin Sangyo)

                                                                         

 

Thanks so much! That is definitely an interesting way of writing the 定 SADA character. The NAGASA on this one is almost exactly 2 SHAKU at 61cm. SORI is 1.7cm.

 

10 hours ago, Bruce Pennington said:

@tbonesullivan - David, is it possible to get a shot showing the stamp?

 

Done! Also got a bad picture of the hamon. The habaki on this one is NOT coming off. It moves about 1cm and then won't go any further. Polish on the blade is "ok", but it's definitely a sword that saw some real use. At least it hasn't been buffed or uchiko powdered to death like so many other bring back swords I've seen.

 

Edited Friday at 02:34 PM by tbonesullivan