Mei help and confirmation

[Lee Bray]

I read it - Kane ? Yasu Taka Saku.

 

 

I have no idea on the 2nd kanji and not sure on the 3rd and 4th.

Thanks for any help.

[k morita]

Hi,

 

Isn't there mei under "Saku" more ?

 

"Kanazawa Sumi-miya saku...?....." ,金澤炭宮作.......

Maybe Kanenori,兼則, shin-to .

[Lee Bray]

Thank you, Sir.

 

No, no more kanji under Saku.

The nakago 'seems' ubu and terminates in kurijiri.

It's dated 1607 but maybe I should check that based on my poor reading of this mei.

[Lee Bray]

Kanazawa Sumimiya Saku - Hawley's SUM 4, 1607.

 

Looks like the one.

Thanks, Morita San.

[k morita]

Congratulations.!

 

It is Sumi-miya shool.

[Lee Bray]

Thanks again, Morita San.

 

Can anyone help with Sumimiya school information?

My resources(Connoisseurs and the internet) contain nothing on the school.

I can get access to Fujishiro and the Nihonto Taikan, though, just not at my home.

[k morita]

Hi,

 

These groups are descendants of swordsmiths who moved from Mino(Seki) to Kaga(Kanazawa) in around the 16th century.

They are called " Kaga-Seki ".

Sumimiya school is one of them.

 

See Honma's [Nihonto meikan] 3rd ed,on page 172.

[Ludolf Richter]

Hi,according to Shibata in REI 62/4 p.11 it could be made by Sumimiya Kanenori (KAN 1911,Kanbun-era),who sometimes omitted his name in the mei,e.g.only "Sumimiya".Ludolf

[Lee Bray]

Thanks, Ludolf. I'll check on that.

 

As it is signed February, 1607, I think it is probably SUM 4 or gimei.