any thoughts?

[peter]

Hello Guys,

this is my resent purchase and altho there is opening on the mei side of the blade i think this is a very old sword, wakizashi and worth having in my collection, i think,, the mei reads Fujiwara Nagatsuga but i can find no information on him, so any help would be great,

many thanks,

Peter,

Sorry guys, only 4 pics to put on and for some reason it won,t let me HELP

[John A Stuart]

E-mail the pics to me and I shall post them and move this thread to the Nihonto sub-forum. John

[Brian]

Peter,

Please check out the How-To section to see what you are doing wrong with image uploading. Chances are it is pics that are too big.

I have a strong feeling the mei is something other than Nagatsuga

 

Regards,

Brian

 

PS - Moved already John

[John A Stuart]

Here is Peter's pics, cropped and rotated. John

 

To me this seems to be signed Kashu Ju Fujiwara Nagayori

賀州住藤原長依 I may be wrong on the place and last nanori though. John

[Nobody]

The mei reads 賀州住藤原長次 (Gashu ju Fujiwara Nagatsugu).

[John A Stuart]

Thank you, Koichi san. Pronounced Gashu rather than Kashu. The 次 'tsugu' kanji eluded me. John

[peter]

thank you all for your time on this, having the proper name i can do a little more digging on the man and time he worked

Peter

[peter]

is there anything more anyone can tell me or point me in the right direction on this smith, i found a few but it,s getting the correct one in the proper time frame,

Peter

[John A Stuart]

He is listed as NAG 461 Kashu Ju Fujiwara Nagatsugu, Shinto period. Pg. 458 Toko Taikan 3rd from right at the top. The signature favourably matches the oshigata given. John

[peter]

Thank you John,

I was sold the sword as a 13th century piece if this makes any sense, ?

peter

[peter]

Hello again John

I,m having trouble with the swordsmith pages is there a link or something i can download from here to get access to it and the Japanese kanji?

Peter

[raven2]

Thank you John,

I was sold the sword as a 13th century piece if this makes any sense, ?

peter

 

I am sorry, Peter, but if John is correct about it being Shinto, then it is 17th century at the earliest.

[Jacques]

Hi,

 

Shinogi Zukuri wakizashi didn't exist before the early Muromachi period. This smith worked during (before and after) Joo era (1652/1654).

[peter]

Thank you very much for help, i will have a word!

Peter