Translation assistance please

[edzo]

I have a tsuba that I'm thinking may have been an alternative choice when the Goto school could not fill their orders because of the demand, possibly the Nagoya School. I could not get a good scan primarily because of the condition of the seppa dai. I have included three images (Q87, 87-1, 87-2) and by one of them u can see I'm not an artist. I am hoping someone will be familiar with the residence of based upon what can be seen. It might end in aki-Ju. As for the two character name signature the second character may be chika. No clue on the others, please help.

 

The other fuchi item Q103-4, I believe is Tadamichi? any confirmation or correction will be welcome. Thank you in advance, Respectfully Ed F.

[Toryu2020]

Have you tried;

長州萩住

Chôshû Hagi jû...? Does not look like Choshu work but there were Goto copy-ists everywhere. FWIW

-t

and Tadamichi looks good to me...

[edzo]

Dear Mr. T. C. Helm,

Thank you very much for the response. I was distracted by the fact that the plate did not speak Choshu as i would expect of course only the schools I'm familiar with. Of course things /styles/smiths change as well as what a customer may be seeking. Had the sig been a little better, i might have landed there.

 

I'm happy to see i got the other, thanks again. I'm a beginner but i can see that I'm beginning to recognize some of the character variants and am improving.

Respectfully, Ed F.