micha Posted February 1, 2011 Report Posted February 1, 2011 Hi, I'm looking for some oshigata's or pictures of mei of Horikawa Kuniyasu. I need them to figure out if this mei (see pictures) is a genuine Kuniyasu signature. Description: KUNIYASU wakizashi (probably of a daisho pair) SUGATA Shinogi zukuri Iori mune Chu-kissaki Nagasa 50,2 cm Sori 1,1 cm Motohaba 2,9 cm Sakihaba 2,0 cm Kasane 0,6 cm Nakago kasane 0,7 cm Nakago 14,2cm Kissaki 3,3 cm JITETSU Ko-itame, ji-nie, 1 tobiyaki. Beautiful hada. HAMON Hamon is notare mixed with gunome. Nioiguchi is thick and vivid. Habuchi is coverd with ko-nie and streaks of sunagashi. Fine kinsuji. BOSHI Ko-maru with kaeri. Hakikake. NAKAGO 1 mekugi ana 14,2 cm Mune is ko-maru with gyaku sujikai yasurime Yasurime is gyaku sujikai Ha hagiri kurijiri Mei ‘Kuniyasu’, large character on the shinogi line Thanks Micha Quote
Grey Doffin Posted February 1, 2011 Report Posted February 1, 2011 From Fujishiro's Shinto-hen. Grey Quote
drbvac Posted February 1, 2011 Report Posted February 1, 2011 OK -- out on a limb and IMHO as a learning experience the two chisel marks inside bottom of kuni are angled differently and the end of the right vertical is missing the tag on the bottom -- Gimei ? Quote
cabowen Posted February 1, 2011 Report Posted February 1, 2011 looks gimei to me.....many differences from your references... Quote
micha Posted February 3, 2011 Author Report Posted February 3, 2011 Hi all, Thanks for your opinions. I thought the same. But the sword looks really like a Horikawa and the it's a high class koshirae from Omori Teruhide and Iwamoto Konkan (wakizashi from a daisho pair, still looking for the missing katana). Greetings Michael Quote
micha Posted February 3, 2011 Author Report Posted February 3, 2011 These are all mei that I found from Kuniyasu. M. Quote
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