pcfarrar Posted May 22, 2011 Report Posted May 22, 2011 Can anyone provide any assistance with this mei? I think its signed Hi Han Toya Enju Kunihide and dated 1820? Assuming I'm correct I have no idea what the Hi Han Toya means? I also can't find much information on the smith apart from the the Hawleys entry so anything anyone has would be useful. Seems to be a good quality sword. Thanks, Peter Quote
cabowen Posted May 22, 2011 Report Posted May 22, 2011 Nice sword! 肥藩刀治 Means his was the Higo Han sword smith..... Quote
Toryu2020 Posted May 22, 2011 Report Posted May 22, 2011 Indeed nice sword, Student of Suishinshi Masahide - studied in Edo and then returned to work in Higo his home province. Would love to see more of that blade... -t Quote
pcfarrar Posted May 22, 2011 Author Report Posted May 22, 2011 Thanks for the help so far! What does the word Toya actually mean? Also Is this smith KUN 112 in Hawleys or KUN 113? The date of 1820 would seem to suggest KUN 112 the student of Masahide. However the smith signing Hi-han toya (KUN 113) has a date of 1848-64. Quote
cabowen Posted May 22, 2011 Report Posted May 22, 2011 to 刀 sword ji 冶 smith (comes from katana kaji 刀鍛冶) Quote
Jacques Posted May 22, 2011 Report Posted May 22, 2011 Hi, It seems the ji kuni doesn't match the one used by Kunihide Quote
Toryu2020 Posted May 23, 2011 Report Posted May 23, 2011 Bunsei date, look for the san dai of this line and I think you'll find a good match. -t Quote
Jacques Posted May 23, 2011 Report Posted May 23, 2011 Hi, look for the san dai of this line and I think you'll find a good match. Yes, i saw it this morning, but in this case he is not the student of Shuishinshi Masahide.... Quote
pcfarrar Posted May 23, 2011 Author Report Posted May 23, 2011 Does anyone have an image of the sandai mei they can post? Quote
pcfarrar Posted September 8, 2014 Author Report Posted September 8, 2014 Just like to update everyone as this sword was submitted for NBTHK Hozon using Paul Martin's service. I'm happy to say that it passed. :D Quote
kusunokimasahige Posted September 10, 2014 Report Posted September 10, 2014 Great news and gorgeous sword ! KM Quote
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