DaveM4P99 Posted January 13, 2012 Report Posted January 13, 2012 So researching my blade, made by a Tegarayama Ujishige, and the various generations of those smiths...I stumbled on this book mentioning an American that visited Japan in 1903, and viewed a number of beautiful blades... http://books.google.com/books?id=e2UUAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA33&dq=tegarayama+ujishige&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eMgPT_vFC9Cq0AGh08nHAw&ved=0CEQQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=tegarayama%20ujishige&f=false He described a Tegarayama Ujushige wakizashi in great detail, and translated the sanskrit inscriptions on each side of the blade, and inscriptions on the tang, in the book above... Now check this blade out - 3rd one down: http://www.japanszwaard.nl/uk/zwaarden-consignatie.html - 3rd one down: http://www.japanszwaard.nl/zc3.html Sanscrit Inscriptions on each side of the blade, and on the tang...same blade length - 18inches - or around 50cm...And both made by an Ujishige. What do we think? I should have bought that blade before it sold! Interesting to research this stuff...even if I am very limited in knowledge and resources. Quote
DaveM4P99 Posted January 15, 2012 Author Report Posted January 15, 2012 Can anyone read Sanskrit to confirm that this is the same blade?? Quote
takeda81 Posted January 15, 2012 Report Posted January 15, 2012 Hello , For sure it is not sanskrit, it is still Japanese , but a fluid script , both Kanji and Kana. Maybe others will be able to help more. my best regards Cristian L. Quote
cabowen Posted January 15, 2012 Report Posted January 15, 2012 At a glance, one side does have the kanji for mind/spirit (心) and moon (月) so it may indeed match at least one of the reported phrases...I can't make out the other side with certainty without spending a lot of time I don't have at the moment, perhaps one of our Japanese members will lend a hand... Even if the horimono phrases match, it doesn't necessarily mean that this is the same blade mentioned in the old text. Smiths sometimes made blades with the same pet phrases on them so unless you can find an oshigata of the sword for comparison, you will not be able to confirm this with any degree of certainty.... Quote
DaveM4P99 Posted January 15, 2012 Author Report Posted January 15, 2012 At a glance, one side does have the kanji for mind/spirit (心) and moon (月) so it may indeed match at least one of the reported phrases...I can't make out the other side with certainty without spending a lot of time I don't have at the moment, perhaps one of our Japanese members will lend a hand... Even if the horimono phrases match, it doesn't necessarily mean that this is the same blade mentioned in the old text. Smiths sometimes made blades with the same pet phrases on them so unless you can find an oshigata of the sword for comparison, you will not be able to confirm this with any degree of certainty.... Interesting! Thanks for the info! Quote
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