Help translating kiritsuke mei

[DirkO]

Hi,

 

I'm currently making an index to Shinko Meito Zufu and this kiritsuke mei for a Rai Kunitoshi tachi has me stumped. I can find most of the kanji, but can't make anything from it Can someone help me out?

 

?IchiRyu? Omi (no) Kami X X Nao X Katana

一柳近江守越智直敬 ? 刀

 

[k morita]

Ichiryu,Omi (no) Kami,OCHI NAOTAKA,haito.

一柳近江守越智直敬佩刀

 

一柳 Ichiryu: Ochi Naotaka's pen name(Gago).

越智直敬 Ochi Naotaka: OCHI is a family name, Naotaka is 1st name.

佩刀 haito: The wearing sword .

[DirkO]

Thanks a lot Morita-sama!

 

I actually had Ochi, but thought it was wrong :-) But I never would've found Haito without your help! Does this mean this is a mei-to, a sword with Gô "Haito"?

[Toryu2020]

Dirk-

It means this was a sword worn by Ochi Naotaka - Morita San believes that "Ichiryu" is the Go of Naotaka...

-t

[DirkO]

Hi Thomas,

 

Thanks for clarifying! Seeing it's a meito book I suspected a named sword, so it's good you me straight Now I can move forward with the rest of the index.

[k morita]

Dirk san,

 

Sorry I made one mistake for pronunciation of "Ichiryu" 一柳, right pronunciation is "Hitotsuyanagi".

Hitotsuyanagi is Naotaka's real family name ,not pen name or his "gago".

 

OCHI is his ancestor's family name like "Fujiwara" or "Minamoto".

 

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%80% ... 3%E6%B0%8F