Please could someone translate this Mei
I think the sword is gendiato as there’s a distinct nioguchi
I think the sword is gendiato as there’s a distinct nioguchi
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The nakago was covered in lacquer -
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For some reason. I cannot post the Mei straight uoComment
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義包
YoshikaneComment
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Thank you I just couldn’t get yoshiComment
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Is he in sloughs ?
There is no stampComment
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Hi Nick,
Not one whose oshigata is illustrated in Slough's. He does list one at the back (4th Seat) - but without showing the kanji, so can't be sure it is him. He X-refs to Hawley Yos 1310, if that helps.
In the index at the front of F&G "Showa Swordsmiths of Japan 1926-1945", there are a couple with that unusual kanji for "kane" - one from Yamagata full name Ikeda Yoshikane and another from Seki, Taniguchi Yoshikane. I think it is the latter, which is shown in their earlier book, "Showa Swordsmiths", oshigata #96 (see below)
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I found a two character Mei in the showato index
This blade looks gendiato to me
You can see a tight hada and the Hamon has activity and a clear nioi line
Was this smith known to make gendiato?Comment
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Two Showa-era smiths are noted by Markus Sesko in his Swordsmiths of Japan:
YOSHIKANE (義包), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – “Yoshikane” (義包), real name Taniguchi Kazue (谷口和兄), he worked as guntō smith, Fifth Seat at the 6th Shinsaku Nihontō Denrankai (新作日本刀展覧会, 1941)
YOSHIKANE (義包), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Tochigi – “Yashū Utsunomiya-jū Chikuzen no Kami Yoshikane” (野州宇都宮住筑前守義包)
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Thanks guyComment
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