Translation assistance please

[kuromido]

Hello All, I am a little stumped by these 2 mei.

The first, I believe it is ?,? ju yoshihisa. can anyone fill in the top 2 kanji. Is it Shizu aki? & what would it mean?

The blade is dated " showa jyu hachi nen jyu gatsu" (oct 1944) It is a gendaito .

I believe it was made by the rikugun jumei tosho (star stamp) Sato Yoshihisa but

not completely sure.

 

The second is ? ju kane uji saku. Once again the top 2 kanji elude me.

It is a showato

 

Any help is appreciated.

Sincerely

PeterD

[Mark]

second looks like Seki Ju Kaneuji saku

[cabowen]

First one is Uyo ju Yoshihisa and dated as you note, Oct., 1943.

Second one is as Mark indicates......

[k morita]

Hi kuromido,

 

The first sword:

The mei says "Uyo-ju Yoshihisa ".

"Uyo" means Utsunomiya city in Tochigi prefecture .

Yes,He was a Rikugun Jumei Tosho, Sato Yoshihisa .(Honma's meikan on page 1158).

[kuromido]

Mark,Chris and morita-san, Thank you for the superfast response.

I had felt that UYO could be correct but decided not because my understanding was that if one kanji is in ON, then they all should be.

This is from the book "Japanese art signatures"? Ill go back and reread.

Dont know how I missed seki on the second one----noviceitus

Out of respect for the board rules, I will likely be selling the showato as my interest is with nihonto/tosogu.

A special thanks to you morita-san for the extra information on Sato Yoshihisa and what UYO means.

That is very helpful to me.

 

 

Again many thanks,

PeterD