falconj Posted September 2, 2011 Report Posted September 2, 2011 Hi There All, can anyone help with the kanji written on the katana shirasaya I have? The writing style is a little difficult to clearly see the kanji. I think in the larger ( photo katana b ) kanji line maybe :- don't know? gaki or tsune yoshi haru or suke maybe? the other smaller line with a lot more kanji ( photo katana b ) is a bit to hard for me to work out also, likewise on ( photo katana a ) , but I would appreciate any help or hints the shirasaya contains a blade signed kanemoto, but I cannot read that any where on the shirasaya kanji pictured many thanks in advance regards John Falconer Perth W.A. Quote
cabowen Posted September 2, 2011 Report Posted September 2, 2011 The first photo has the nagasa, or length, of the blade listed. The second photo has the address (in Gifu Prefecture) and name of the owner (Inagaki Yoshiharu) Quote
Toryu2020 Posted September 2, 2011 Report Posted September 2, 2011 長(さ)弐尺三寸五分 岐阜縣稲葉郡鵜沼町山崎 Naga(sa) Ni-shaku San-sun Go-bu Gifu ken Inaba-gun Unuma-chô Yamazaki Inagaki Yoshiharu owner Just guessing at the length as the "Ni" kanji is hard to read. Any photos of the blade? -t Quote
falconj Posted September 3, 2011 Author Report Posted September 3, 2011 Gidday there Chris and Tom, many thanks for the help and the reply, Tom, regarding the blade as I said I don't think the saya is original to this blade, though it all fits correctly when the saya is split. the length of blade is 68cm ( I suppose 2 and a bit shaku ) and signed 'kanemoto' and is what looks gunome with cedar temper mix, varying along the blade length have attached some not very good photo's of the blade, and a scan of the tang is at strange that the name 'kanemoto' does not appear in these kanji on the blade, maybe this is why I don't think the blade is from the saya, but as usual may well be wrong, what do you think? thanks again regards John Falconer Perth W.A. Quote
Toryu2020 Posted September 3, 2011 Report Posted September 3, 2011 John! Been a long time since we have caught up. What I am seeing is just an owners catalog-ing of his own blade, may be a surrender document. Someone may have wanted his piece returned so when he surrendered it he made the sayagaki. I would check the length (sun,shaku) carefully. If it matches you would seem to have a decent example of a late generation Kanemoto but not any kind of attribution on the scabbard... -t Quote
falconj Posted September 3, 2011 Author Report Posted September 3, 2011 Yes Tom, you are right, it has been far to long since our last chat, At your suggestion, I have remeasured the 'hacho' ( is that right? ) length, and it is 69.7cm not 68.00 as I first assumed the 'sori' is 12cm the kissaki is 4.0cm, ( is that chu-kissaki or o-kissaki ? ) thanks again for your help again, sounds good regards John Falconer Perth W.A. Quote
falconj Posted September 4, 2011 Author Report Posted September 4, 2011 aaaaaargg, you are right Jean, that of course should read sori 1.2cm or 12mm thanks John Falconer Quote
Toryu2020 Posted September 4, 2011 Report Posted September 4, 2011 and John I would call it Ôkissaki, has more to do with the placement of the yokote than overall dimensions I am thinkin. -t Quote
David Flynn Posted September 4, 2011 Report Posted September 4, 2011 John, this sword could be by Kaneko, who was named and signed Kanemoto in 1944. See you at the Shinsa. Quote
falconj Posted September 5, 2011 Author Report Posted September 5, 2011 thanks Dave, I doubt it, but it's only 2 more sleeps and yes, I will see you there, can't remember whose the first to buy the drinks, maybe yours from memory :lol: really looking forward to this one!! regards John Quote
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