Shigetaka mei help

I'm stuck on some kanji (?) and the actual meaning.

Harima - Understood.

Kanbeino Jo - ?

Shigetaka - Understood.

Roku Dai Gatsu? - 6 ? ?

Fu - ?

Ji - ?

Zo - made

http://picasaweb.google.com/108386006718265402653/Misc#5521245300341027362

(larger image if needed)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

kanbei no jo is the smith's name/title, like yosazaemon no jo, etc.

roku dai me means he is the 6th generation

the bottom left says the blade was bestowed or gifted..I can't make out the last kanji....

Thanks, Chris.

The last kanji is easier to see if you click the link then click the magnification marker on that page.

I think the kanji is the one listed in 'Self and Hirose', # 1137, if you have the book.

The 6th generation is interesting as the blade is dated Kanbun + 3, 1663, which should mean the third generation.

It also sports kanji horimono on the blade, one side saying Hachiman Daibosatsu and the other reads Kasuga Daimyojin so perhaps the blade was bestowed to a shrine.

I'll post pictures in another thread.

Hi,

Maybe, this swordsmith might have wanted to carve it descendant("shison")(Descendant of Shigetaka at the sixth generation).

However, this swordsmith is carving a wrong Kanji character.

Have had a couple of swords by this school,apparently they are currently being up rated in Japan?. This I am told is first generation.

Roy

Thanks guys.

Here is the Tokubetsu kicho paper.

Of the 3 kanji to the left of the nakagao, the middle kanji is different to the corresponding kanji on the papers.

Perhaps it is as Morita San suggests.

And a link to the sword with additional pics if interested.

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