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Seems to me 左近将監藤原盛綱作 Sakon shogen Fujiwara Moritsuna saku

Masa...or "sho" since Shoami is written 正阿弥

No problem, i will also send you a pdf, is all in Japanese, but i think that can help you

I think you should ask Markus Sesko, that part is took from his book, here's the english version: "Myōshin´s first name was „Hikoichi“ (彦一 or 彦市). The sword publication „Shintō-bengi“ (新刀弁疑) lists Myōshin as the son of Myōju with the first name „Hikojirō“ (彦次郎), which was the hereditary first name of the Umetada family" there's actually a Umetada Yoshinobu (from Sesko's swordsmiths list): YOSHINOBU (吉信), 1st gen., Kan´ei (寛永, 1624-1644), Yamashiro – “Yamashiro no Kuni-jū Umetada Yoshinobu” (山城国住埋忠吉信), “Yamato no Daijō Yoshinobu” (大和大掾吉信), real name Umetada Hikobei (埋忠彦兵衛), he is also listed with the first name Hikoichi (彦市), he was the second son of Umetada Shigeyoshi (重義) and it is said that he studied under Umetada Myōju (埋忠明寿), he was first and foremost an excellent horimono artist and rarely forged own blades, the jigane is a dense ko-itame with ji-nie, the hamon is a gunome mixed with midare in ko-nie-deki with much nie and a wide nioiguchi, jō-saku

I just bought a tsuba that might give some fuel to the topic, it appears a copper based alloy (bronze maybe?) tsuba that shows evident signes of casting inside the petals sukashi, but inside the nakago and kozuka ana is smooth as being cut. Thickness is quite thin, 3mm, and overall dimension is around 60mm In my opinion is a genuine Muromachi piece.

For sure is a bell cricket, a description i found in Japanese say is a wave, but it could well be a fern frond

Thanks, i'm really pleased with this tsuba too, great workmanship here. There's one pretty identical published on "Tsuba 100 shi Kougei zuan by Yoshikuni Okuma"

Thank you Steve, much appreciated. So should be winter of 1969? As reward i post some pictures of the tsuba

I figured out Akasaka, bell cricket sukashi tsuba Round shape iron.... Mumei Akasaka Tada..... Showa.... Signature of Sato Kanzan

I wish someone could help me to translate this hakogaki, i figured out most but still not all. Thanks to anyone will help ​

Yes, this is almost katana size hirazukuri wakizashi, before suriage probably around 60 cm nagasa

Jean, you mean of the Sukemume? Of the mumei there's already a picture

Do you have any similar example? I'm glad you could learn something from this post I add a picture of my signed and certified Sukemune to comparison

Don't worry about the emoticon Darcy in his post is talking about retemper, when mizukage appears in suriage blade is evidence of saiha. But when a blade is ubu is a good sign, especially if koto. In many cases mizukage continues becoming utsuri, in other cases is just a diagonal "reflection", in both cases is caused by temperature difference during yaki-ire. Whether is nie utsuri or other kind of utsuri i don't think it changes the definition of mizukage About blade i have same idea about period, Keicho shinto seems spot on. Hada shows Mino influence but to me is Shimada, i have a Shimada Sukemune with similar hada.

is he Santa? ​

Thanks Ian, do you have any pictures of his work?

Thank you Alex

Thank you Alex, do you have pictures of his work?

I'm having some trouble with posts, i just added pics

This is a wakizashi that recently arrived me, i did some study on it and i have an idea about period and school, but i wanna hear your thoughts about it. Mumei wakizashi with elonged kissaki, very strong jigane and active hamon, there's mizukage and some utsuri part. It appears to have a hint a funbari and has really healthy machi. High shinogi and kasane is pretty constant all along the blade. Nagasa 45.7 cm Motohaba 32 mm Sakihaba 23 mm Sori: 0.9 cm sakizori Motokasane 4.6 mm, at shinogi 7.5 mm sakikasane 4.5 mm, at shinogi 6 mm Hamon: gunome midare with yo and tobiyaki, hada visible inside the hamon aswell Hada: strong itame with nagare/masame towords the ha. Boshi: midare

I never heard of him, do you have his website or any contact?

Hello Guido, i know Giorgio, we met before and i had a tsukamaki done by him, but i'm looking for more options out there

Hello, I was wondering if there's any sayashi (better if with lacquer skills to make koshirae) in Europe, cause i'm having a hard time finding one. Thanks to anyone will help

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