Tadayoshi wakizashi gemei??

[nickn]

I bought this tadayoshi wakizashi yesterday
It looks gemei to me but it was cheap
Any thoughts?

[GHP]

I bought this tadayoshi wakizashi yesterday
It looks gemei to me but it was cheap
Any thoughts?

Photos or it didn't happen!

[nickn]

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[nickn]

I am still still having problems posting photos

[Beater]

Nick,

It’s going to be an uphill challenge to comment on mei alone (well, that and the Yasuri-mei). What sort of hada are you seeing (Hizen Konuka)? Hamon (most likely suguha)?
I’d begin with some comparisons against those shown here:
http://www.hizento.net/index.php?page=index
Good luck but, as you know, gimeis are rife.

Kevin

[nickn]

It’s appears to have the correct hada and a suguha Hamon
I’ll try again posting some photos

[GHP]

I couldn't see the full signature, only 江大掾藤原忠吉; so I was reading 江 as "e" as in 江戸 Edo !! I did not know that Ōmi is written as 近江.


For those of us who are *not* in the know, here's what Markus Sesko says:

TADAYOSHI (忠吉), 4th gen., Genroku (元禄, 1688-1704), Hizen – “Ōmi no Daijō Fujiwara Tadayoshi” (近江大掾藤原忠吉), “Hizen no Kuni-jū Omi no Daijō Fujiwara Tadayoshi” (肥前国住近江大掾藤原忠吉), “Hizen no Kuni-jūnin Tadayoshi” (肥前国住人忠吉), “Hizen no Kuni Tadayoshi” (肥前国忠吉), real name Hashimoto Gensuke (橋本源助), he changed his first name later to Shinzaburō (新三郎), oldest son of the 3rd gen. Tadayoshi, he received the honorary title Ōmi no Daijō on the tenth day of the third month Genroku 13 (1700), after the relative early death of his father he was fully trained by his grandfather, the 2nd gen. Tadahiro (忠広) for whom he also made daisaku works, he died on the ninth day of the ninth month Enkyō four (延享, 1747) at the age of 80, his signature style is not that regular as that of the 2nd gen. Tadahiro or the 3rd gen. Tadayoshi, some blades show horimono which were engraved by Tadanaga (忠長), jō-saku

-- Guy

[nickn]

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[nickn]

Mine doesn’t compare well to this know 4th generation tadayoshi