Help with a mei needed

[b.hennick]

This evening I am tired, getting over a cold and somewhat lazy. All poor excuses to ask for help with a mei but please if you care to look at this let me know what I might have discerned if I spent some hours on it.

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[Mark]

Hi Barry, Get well soon...... first one looks like Kotetsu (did not look it up but that is what i think), my guess is the other side is a cutting test

 

Mark Jones

[Rich T]

the mei is Nagasone Kotetsu Nyudo Okisato. Not sure if it is legit or not. Can't help with the other half sorry.

 

If unwell, get well soon mate.

 

Rich

[Nobody]

The second photo shows a cutting test mei (截断銘: setsudan-mei). The test cutter's name appears on the page below, though the English reading for his name is misassigned on the list.

 

http://www.nihontokanjipages.com/tameshigiri.html

[b.hennick]

I checked my references for Kotetsu and this signature differs from my reference sample. As the saying goes for every 10 Kotetsu there are 11 fakes. Is the cutting test genuine? I followed Mr. Nobody's lead to Guido's cutting test list and found Yamano but not much else. Can someone translate the cutting test? Thanks :D

[nagamaki - Franco]

Is the cutting test genuine? :D

 

hmm,

[Guido]

... though the English reading for his name is misassigned on the list.

There seem to be a few mixups and double entries, maybe this happened when the list was converted from MS Word into HTML. I'll send Brian the original list, so he can fix this.

[Guido]

I followed Mr. Nobody's lead to Guido's cutting test list and found Yamano but not much else.

Barry, the tester is supposed to be Matsumoto Chôdayû Masatomo 松本長大夫雅友. However, I have my doubts about the entire inscription of this sword, including the Tameshi-mei.

[Nobody]

Although I do not know if it is genuine or not, the cutting test mei on the 2nd photo is as follows;

 

松本長太夫雅友 (花押)

三ツ胴落　貞享五戊辰五月?日　断截

 

Matsumoto Chodayu Masatomo (+ Kao)

Mitsu-do otoshi Jokyo go Tsuchinoe-Tatsu go gatsu ? nichi dansetsu

(Three trunks were cut at a cutting test on the ? day of the 5th month in 1688)

 

I could not read the day. Can anyone read it?

[b.hennick]

Thanks for all your help!