Talk to me about Yasuhiro

[Bruce Pennington]

Hi guys!

I file kiku marked blades.  I have a few blades with Yasuhiro mei, various styles as you might expect.  Only one with a proposed date range of 1660-70 and one in the 1700s.  I can't find a Yasuhiro in Sesko using these kanji. So, my first question is how do we know about this guy at all?  

 

Examples:

 

and

 

 

 

What drove me to look into this is a current auction of a blade, kiku, Yoshihiro, and the seller claimed the date range to be in the 1300s.  PRETTY sure the kiku wasn't being used that early, but then I couldn't find a reference to this kanji use in Sesko at all.

 

Sorry for the extremely NuBee question.  But looking to learn.

[Geraint]

Dear Bruce.

 

Here are a couple of links to help you on your way. 

https://www.aoijapan.net/wakizashi-bichu-kami-tachibana-yasuhiro-the-1st-generation/

https://nihonto.com/5-1-17/

 

The seller who suggested 1300 is flying a kite, trying to link to the Kiku Ichimonji swords, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiku-ichimonji

 

All the best.

[Bruce Pennington]

Thanks, Geraint.  He is an interesting one, as he (or one of them?) sometimes uses a kiku with leaves & stem.  I have two that way: