Romano Posted January 7, 2012 Report Posted January 7, 2012 Hello dear friends :D I've bought this wakizashi for good price, in an antiques shopping. However, I can't find this signature in Internet. I've searched in many web sites. As I do not know how to read kanji , I think only you can help me to identify it... I think the nakago was cut, to make it shorter... I see, also, two extra mekugiana, that I think were made sometime after the sword production... I'd like to know at least the period of production, as the nakago looks to be cut, the signature could be lost forever... I realy do not know if I have a regular gendai sword or a masamune :lol: Does anyone know this nakago signature (mei)? :D Very thanks in advance!!!! :D Quote
Mark Posted January 7, 2012 Report Posted January 7, 2012 most of the signature is cut off..... the second kanji is Shu ( province) so if you look up the provinces (the unformal form using ___ SHU) you will find it.... have fun research is the way to learn. Quote
Romano Posted January 7, 2012 Author Report Posted January 7, 2012 most of the signature is cut off..... the second kanji is Shu ( province) so if you look up the provinces (the unformal form using ___ SHU) you will find it.... have fun research is the way to learn. Hello dear Mark!!! :D Very thank you!!!!!!!!!!! You helped me a lot. This is a good point to start. Are you talking about the kanji that is drilled? That one near of the end of the nakago (in our right side in the pic)? I agree with you, the nakago looks to be cut. I don't know what makes someone to do that. I think this sword had, at least, three koshirae: the original one, in which the tsuka was mounted in the minor mekugiana; the second one, which the tsuka was mounted in the pair of mekugiana; and the last one, mounted in the tsuka that I have, which is mounted in the first mekugiana. By the documents that the seller has, I think this sword is in my country, at least, by decades. I think it is not Gendai, it must be older. Mainly it had at least three koshirae... I'll look for a province with "shu" in the name. Very thanks, again, dear friend!!! :D Quote
Jean Posted January 7, 2012 Report Posted January 7, 2012 http://www.jssus.org/nkp/kanji_for_provinces.html Quote
runagmc Posted January 7, 2012 Report Posted January 7, 2012 I don't think this is one we can expect an inexperienced person to get... At first glance I thought Noshu, then I thought Bishu, but now I think it says Sesshu for Settsu province... and the last kanji looks like mabey Ju cut in half... Quote
Romano Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Posted January 9, 2012 Hello dear friends!!! Very thank you, Jean and Adam! You have helped me a lot. Agree with you. It looks like a O-suriage blade. I don't know why they did it... So... I have only the location, I'll never know the period... But whatever... It is an original wakizashi, and I have paid a good value... :D Thank you a lot!!! Quote
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