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Here are pictures of a mei I believe is signed as 'Norimitsu' but that I suspect as gimei (or at least not 'Norimitsu' from the Muromachi period). There are no add'l kanji and the mei does not align with other 'Norimitsu' signatures from the Muromachi period. Are there any 'Norimitsu's occurring after Muromachi? The blade is a wakizashi w/ active gunome hamon and was a vet bring-back. I suspect it may be Shinto period but I'm not sure. Any thoughts on how to best identify who/where this came from? Thanks for all help!

Thanks very much for your assistance! Time to get out the call-list and start saving I suppose...

Thanks for the help! I too think this could be the Kambun era Yoshimasa. I guess the only way to fully authenticate is via shinsa?

Here are the rest of the pics...

Hello, I am just discovering this site and would be very grateful with some help interpreting the attached pics of a tang from a recent katana I purchased. It is in pretty rough condition - rust on the blade and tang - but I think the mei is discernible. I come up with "Chikuzen ju Minamoto Nobukuni Yoshimasa". I'm familiar that he would've been a smith in the Shinto era but I'm not sure if this blade is real or gimei, if this is 1st/2nd/3rd gen, and if I'm at all interpreting the kanji correctly. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated! I've attached pics of the tang as well as the best pics I have currently of the blade, tsuka, tsuba, kissaki/boshi. I do not have a good shot of the hamon, but have attached the best I have come up with. It's definitely there, just hard to photograph. Also, here are some links to mei that I was comparing against. The 2nd one seems pretty close. http://www.e-sword.jp/sale/0610_2015syousai.htm http://sinogi.dee.cc/katarogu/2005/yosi ... 25921.html