I have this military mounted old katana with an aluminum scabbard in my collection for decades and have been stumped by the signature. The tang has been shortened and the last characters of the signature are gone. I'm reading "Izumi no Kami Kane" and then possibly the top bit of "Nosada." Any thoughts? Blade is about 68.5 cm from notch to tip.
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Originally posted by Bob Coleman View PostGuy-
You missed the Minamoto kanji.
The blade appears to have a course jigane, which is a feature of smiths working in Musashi(Edo).
I intentionally left out the Minamoto kanji because it is not engraved on the tang example Paul posted. If one opens the linked page in my previous post (Index of Japanese Swordsmiths A~M), he'll see that our kanji sample is attributed to the 3rd generation Kanesada; the "Minamoto Kanesada" signature is done by the 4th generation. [That is, *IF* that last kanji was ~sada.]
I'm not well-versed in these arcane sciences -- did I make a boo-boo?
--Guy
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Correct Guy, no Minamoto in the given mei.
If one looks on page 94 of Markus's free Nihonto Compendium here: https://markussesko.files.wordpress....pendium-e1.pdf you can get a list of all the smiths with titles.
Btw, everyone with an interest in Nihonto should have this great resource at hand.
Izumi no Kami gives the following possibilities:
Kanefuji (兼藤), Eiroku (永禄, 1558-1570), Mino
Kanehisa (兼久), Tenshō (天正, 1573-1592), Mino
Kanemichi (兼陸), Kyōhō (享保, 1716-1736), Mino/Yamashiro
Kanesada (兼定), 2nd gen , Eishō (永正, 1504-1521), Mino
Kanesada (兼定), 11st gen , Bunkyū (文久, 1861-1864), Ōshū
Kanesada (兼定), Genna (元和, 1615-1624), Mino
Kanesada (兼定), Kan´ei (寛永, 1624-1644), Settsu
Kanesada (兼定), Kanbun (寛文, 1661-1673), Musashi
Kanesada (兼貞), 3rd gen , Eishō (永正, 1504-1521), Mino
Kanesada (兼貞), 4th gen , Daiei (大永, 1521-1528), Mino
Kaneshige (兼重), 1st gen , Shōhō (正保, 1644-1648), Musashi
Kanetomo (兼友), Tenbun (天文, 1532-1555), Mino
Kaneyoshi (兼吉), 4th gen , Eishō (永正, 1504-1521), Mino
Kanetomo (KAN2567) or Kaneyoshi looks like a strong possibility based on the left over strokes, with Kanetomo looking the more likely choice since Kaneyoshi signed Nōshū Izumi no Kami Kaneyoshi.
Kanetomo (兼友), Tenbun (天文, 1532-1555), Mino – „Kanetomo“ (兼友), „Izumi no Kami Kanetomo“ (和泉守兼友), San´ami school,
like the Kanetomo mentioned above, he too made a Nanbokuchō-like sugata with an ō-kissaki, the jigane is a standing-out itame mixed with
masame, the hamon is a ko-midare or gunome in nioi- or ko-nie-deki, the yakiba becomes broader at the monouchi
BrianLast edited by Brian Robinson; 05-10-2015, 08:51 AM.
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Originally posted by Brian Robinson View PostCorrect Guy, no Minamoto in the given mei.
If one looks on page 94 of Markus's free Nihonto Compendium here:
Thanks for that pdf -- I didn't have it.
Originally posted by Brian Robinson View PostKanetomo (KAN2567) ... looks like a strong possibility based on the left over strokes, with Kanetomo looking the more likely choice...
--Guy
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