Kozuka translation please.

[jason_mazzy]

I aquired this kozuka with a koshirae that was badlymucked. Under the muck and old varnish I found a gold foiled, shakudo kozuka with a gold mythical creature menuki on it. gold and shakudo fuchi, and shakudo with inlay mythical creature menuki. unfortunately the menuki were laquered, and can think of no way to remove this varnish without removing the gold and patina. On the kozuka, the blade has a type of hi, and it is signed in the hi. The blade is very well made, and I am curious what this signature is. Thank you for your time.

 

 

 

[k morita]

Hi,

 

The mei is " Monju Shiro Kanemori ",文殊四郎包守.

[jason_mazzy]

Hi,

 

The mei is " Monju Shiro Kanemori ",文殊四郎包守.

 

 

I see the similarities. very nice thank you. How come they never look the way the characters are typed? I would have never gotten that many characters, maybe just 3 of them.

[jason_mazzy]

包守Kanemori

ID KAN158

Province Yamato

Era Bunei (1264-1275)

School Senjuin

 

Source Rating Reference/Page

Hawley 25 KAN158

 

Kanemori (2nd gen)

ID KAN153

Province Bizen

Start Era Katei (1235-1238)

End Era Kencho (1249-1256)

School Fukuoka Ichimonji

Teacher Kanemori

Lineage Image / Interactive

 

Source Rating Reference/Page

Hawley 80 KAN153

 

 

or

 

包守Kanemori

ID KAN162

Province Yamato

Era Shoō (1288-1293)

School Hirokane

 

 

文珠四郎藤原包守

monju shiro fujiwara kanemori

 

These are only 3 I have found that signed this way. both hawleys rated. both are very early, meaning this would be 700+ years old. I wonder which it is?

[jason_mazzy]

If any one has any history or opinion on this I would be very grateful

[cabowen]

they weren't making kogatana in the Kamakura period....By the way, "kozuka" is the handle...

[jason_mazzy]

yes I understand kozuka is the handle, but I have only seen them refered to kogatana when no handle is present. perhaps just bad luck I always seen them single. I went with kozuka as I have seen many sites sell the kozuka with the blade (kogatana). Funny you mentioned it, as I had kogatana but changed it because of the afore mentioned and because of the story of me actually finding a kozuka in the story description.

 

 

All that aside, where do I look then for an age apropriate smith. I had found 1 kogatana, that was referenced to this period ( If I was not mistaken ), so it seemed feasible.

[jason_mazzy]

Hi,

 

The mei is " Monju Shiro Kanemori ",文殊四郎包守.

 

 

the 3rd and 4th kanji in the mei are the hardest for me to see the resemblance

 

Kanemori

Submitted by kazarena on Mon, 2007-05-14 20:13

 

包守Kanemori

ID KAN162

Province Yamato

Era Shoō (1288-1293)

School Hirokane

Lineage Image / Interactive

 

Source Rating Reference/Page

Hawley 15 KAN162

Toko Taikan ¥2M 64

Fujishiro Chu-jo saku

 

http://nihontoclub.com/smiths/KAN162 has this but still too early according to C bowen.

 

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Signatures:

和州南都住藤原包守

washu nanto ju fujiwara kanemori

文珠四郎藤原包守

monju shiro fujiwara kanemori

 

 

1st gen., TK64, masame, suguha, gunome

[Mark Green]

Hi Jason,

You see many Kogatana with fanciful signatures! It seems that 80% of them are signed by some no-kami from the shinto period. I feel there is no telling how many true signatures there are on these.

They were made for cutting your apple. I doubt that many of them were signed in period. I would think most of the signatures were done in late Edo, to sell them as something special to people that didn't know any better.

Mark G

 

I love the bo-hi cut in yours as well. That just cracks me up. I'm sure it helped in it's balance. :lol: