mei help please

[peter]

hello all i was hoping someone could help with this mei,

many thanks,

Peter

[Grey Doffin]

Hi Peter,

Echigo no Kami Kanesada.

 

Grey

[Jacques]

Hi

 

 

Mei reads Echigo no kami Kanesada 越後守包貞 (sakakura school) If it's the nidai it's a big name.

[peter]

Many thanks guys if i get it i,ll post pics although it needs a polish,

peter

[Jacques]

Hi

 

This sword has great chances to be gimei, i'm not near my books but it seems the mei's location and the nakago jiri don't match.

[peter]

Hello Guys,

could any of you gents post a genuine Kanesada mei along side the Gimei for comparison?

many thanks,

Peter

[peter]

Hi guys

i just read this on the net while looking for the Kanesada mei, seems there where at least 2 signed the same mei in the same school in the same time , obviously different style of signing, so when a blade with ANY mei is deemed Gemei is this type of occurrance taken into account?

Peter,,,,

Echigo no Kami Kanesada II (later known as Sakakura Gen no Shin Terukane), worked in Osaka during the Enpo era (1673-1681). His contemporaries were famous smiths such as Tsuda Sukehiro, Sukenao and Inoue Shinkai. One account states he was originally from Kochi, Tosa Province, traveled to Osaka to join the 1st Gen. Kanesada's school and was subsequently adopted by him. On the death of the first generation, Terukane inherited the Kanesada name and Echigo no Kami title. However, when the 1st Gen. Kanesada's biological son came of age, Terukane gave the Kanesada name to him. From this time on (the end of Enpo 7-1679), he began inscribing his blades Sakakura Echigo no Kami Terukane, and more commonly Sakakura Gon no shin Terukane.