sensei215 Posted November 8, 2010 Report Posted November 8, 2010 Hi, The sword is one of several inherited by a friend along with a small collection of early pistols. I am having trouble translating these two swords, and would appreciate any help. The pictures were too large for posting directly to the site so I hosted them on imageshack. Best regards, Tim S PS I will post the pistols tomorrow for comment. They are quite interesting. The first one: http://yfrog.com/5utoshinj The second: http://yfrog.com/izmasaej Quote
W K Clifford Posted November 8, 2010 Report Posted November 8, 2010 the first was dated 1835 by this smith, third generation Hamabe school: http://www.samuraishokai.jp/sword/08303.html 1 Quote
sensei215 Posted November 8, 2010 Author Report Posted November 8, 2010 Hi Jean, Thanks for the response. Do you mean Masahiro ? Tim S Quote
Nobody Posted November 8, 2010 Report Posted November 8, 2010 Second pic: 因藩騎士建部半右エ門源政信 – In-han(reading?) kishi Takebe Han’emon Minamoto Masanobu (However; the last kanji could be wrong?) 因藩騎士 – a samurai of Inaba clan 建部 – family name 半右エ門 – nickname? 源政信 – official name or smith name? Quote
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