Japanese sword, tang inscription

[foxfire99]

Could anyone help translating the inscription on this sword? Thank you.

[Edokko]

出羽守助重　Dewa no Kami Sukeshige. Enpo Era 17th C smith.
I'm a bit hesitant on the mei authenticity though.

[foxfire99]

出羽守助重　Dewa no Kami Sukeshige. Enpo Era 17th C smith.
I'm a bit hesitant on the mei authenticity though.

Thank you very much Edokko.

[BryanD]

出羽守助重　Dewa no Kami Sukeshige. Enpo Era 17th C smith.
I'm a bit hesitant on the mei authenticity though.

I am with Edokko on this one. The kanji strikes me as odd. It doesn't have the flow that you normally see with older writing. The short punches with the chisel to write the characters and the measured characters just don't seem right.

[Budo45]

a papered Sukeshige, only let shinsa make the call of gimei.