Shodai Tadayoshi sayagaki translation request

[Takezo]

Requesting some help on this one. Seems Tanobe-sensei has thankfully made it out of the hospital for his back and is doing sayagaki again. If any paid translators see this, please feel free to DM me for a transaction. Thank you in advance.

 

 

[eternal_newbie]

Glad to hear he's doing better! 

[YourBabyBjornBorg]

Why do I have to log in just before going to bed......

 

Please correct me for my inevitable errors!

 

Also, please do feel free to alter and improve my atrocious English wording.

 

肥前國住武蔵大掾藤原忠廣

 

Hizen no Kuni Ju Musashi Daijo Fujiwara Tadahiro

 

十二字長銘ニ寛永三年紀ヲ添エ

 

12-character long signature accompanied by Nenki-Mei of Kanei 3

 

刃長壱尺五寸五分有之

 

Hacho at 1 Shaku 5 Sun 5 Bu 

 

時在丙午秋風月

 

August, 2026

 

探山識（花押）

 

recognize by Tanzan (Kao)

 

幅廣ノ形態

 

a Sugata of broad Haba

 

而精良ナル米糠肌状ノ地銕ニ変化アル

 

fine, rice-bran-like Jigane (Konuka-Hada) with changes/variations/inflections? (I think 変化 here means that the Konuka-Hada Jigane is not monotonous or dull, but I'm not sure what the English counterpart is) in it

 

互ノ目調の乱ヲ焼キ

 

A Gunome-themed Midareba (usually something 調 is translated to something-like, like Suguha 調 is Suguha-like, but here I think "themed" is maybe more appropriate?)

 

小湾矢筈風の刃尖ナド交ジリ飛焼カ々リ（？）

 

Ko-Notare, with Yahazu-like Hasaki (pointing tips of Hamon) and others, with Tobiyaki (I'm not sure if this is カ々リ at the end on the Sayagaki, but this does not change the overall meaning of this sentence)

 

匂口明ルク冴ヘ乱ノ谷ニ沸ガ溜マリ帯状ヲナシ浅ク湾レ

 

Nioiguchi is bright and clear (Akarukusaeru), Nie accumulates in the Tani ("valley", as in Yaki no Tani and Yakigashira) of the Midareba, forming a belt-like shape (an Okite for Midare Hizen swords), a mild Notare

 

小丸帽子ニ結ブナド

 

connecting to a Komaru Boshi (I'm not sure if 浅ク湾レ, "a mild Notare" here is referring to the Hamon or the Boshi, maybe Hamon? Komaru Boshi is usually Sugu in the beginning, not Notare)

此期ニ同工ガ得意トスル作域ヲ示シ出来宜矣

 

a display of this smith's strong suit/area of expertise in this period of time, very well made (Deki is very good)

 

Off to my bed!

 

[Curran]

Tadahiro instead of Tadayoshi.

 

There is a lot there. 

 

 

[Takezo]

13 minutes ago, YourBabyBjornBorg said:

Why do I have to log in just before going to bed......

 

Working on this!

Thank you!

[Takezo]

11 minutes ago, Curran said:

Tadahiro instead of Tadayoshi.

 

There is a lot there. 

 

 

Hey I know this guy   - yes Musashi Daijō Tadahiro era!

[Takezo]

This is the piece in question

[Takezo]

@YourBabyBjornBorg I was able to feed your paragraph to ChatGPT along with the sayagaki images and here is where it landed:

 

Hizen no Kuni jū Musashi Daijō Fujiwara Tadahiro

 

Bearing the twelve-character long signature together with a date inscription of Kan'ei 3 [1626].

 

Blade length: 1 shaku, 5 sun, 5 bu.

 

In the autumn of the hinoe-uma year [2026].
Tanzan, appraised and inscribed [kaō].

 

The blade has a broad form. Its jigane is finely and excellently forged in the kome-nuka-hada style and displays variation. The hamon is a gunome-based midare, intermixed with ko-notare and yahazu-like pointed elements, with tobiyaki occurring. The nioiguchi is bright and clear; nie accumulates in the valleys of the midare, forming band-like areas. The temper gently undulates and terminates in a ko-maru bōshi.

 

It exemplifies the style of workmanship at which this smith particularly excelled during this period, and the execution is excellent.

Edited September 2 by Takezo

[Nobody]

7 hours ago, YourBabyBjornBorg said:

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時在丙午秋？月

 

in (something, I'm not sure about this Kanji) mouth, autumn, 2026

 

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秋風月 (Akikazetsuki) - August of the lunar calender