Sword maid by Sadamori Taira

[odiestreasures]

I have a very early sword maid by this person. Can anyone give me some information on him? Thank You in advance

 

Odell

[estcrh]

Do you have any pictures of this sword?, and how do you know who it was made by, please tell us more.

[odiestreasures]

I had a japenese lady that lives here tell me what was written on the storage case. It was the complete history of the sword,from who made it to the temple it was given to by the family. The tang is marked with his name.

I took it along with several other swords to the SOS last year and had several people look at it. This one and one other I got from the same place gererated alot of interest.

I got this one and 4 others fron the veteren who shipped them home during the occupation.

Sorry no photos.

 

Odell

[John A Stuart]

There was a Sadamori Taira of the Tenmon period. 1532-1554, this is late Koto era, so, not too early. Are you selling this sword? Again it would be nice to see pictures of the signature and the workmanship of the sword itself, to see how it compares with extant examples. John

[Brian]

He was a medium to good smith working in Bungo province around 1532.

No relation at all to the famous legendary 10th century Taira Sadamori who didn't forge swords at all, and who won't have anything to do with this sword.

Anything to do with the sword will depend on the accuracy of the sayagaki (plenty fakes around) and the style of the sword, condition, features etc etc.

In fact, there is pretty much nothing that can be said without pics I'm afraid.

 

Brian

[odiestreasures]

Here is some of what on on storage case

gosha tenman Jinja Shaji(head prist of shrine of Gosha Tenman

(Head priest) Yukiyoshi Moriyama(owner)

1322 higashi kushibara-cho,kurume-shi

fuknoka-ken

Sojima-cho kurume-shi

Hisayoshi Yamamoto offers back Offered Treasure Sadamori Taira

This is part of what is on scabbard

 

Odell

[Brian]

Odell,

You need to get us a scan or photo of that saya, and we can give you a decent and logical translation. Some of this older writing only makes much sense to people with a background in swords, and I can guarantee you won't get a much better translation elsewhere.

The dates definitely don't line up. If Taira Sadamori, it has to be post 1500's. Find a way to post some pics and we should be able to assist.

 

Brian

[ububob]

Odell, SOS is not the best venue for a sword like yours. Better to take it to a legitimate sword show where you can get a more experienced evaluation. There is one coming up in Tampa early next year.

[odiestreasures]

I am going to have a friend take some pictures of this sword and the other one in the next couple of weeks.

I will see if I can get some to post the pictures the. The other sword is real unusual,but is not named.

They are both old,but the sadamori one is the older of the two. There were several people that looked at them at SOS. Two people spent over an hour each on them. Both of them said these were far the best blades in the whole show.

Thanks for all the comments.

 

Odell

[estcrh]

Odell, here is a link to a glossary of Japanese sword terms, it might help you when you are discussing the swords with board members. http://members.shaw.ca/nihontonut/glossary.html

[odiestreasures]

Eric

 

Thanks for the information. Not sure what it means but the blade curvature on the signed one is 1in and 3/16s. It has alot more curvature than the other one. Thanks again

 

Odell

[Jean]

1in and 3/16s curvature

 

What a sori, around 3 cm