Grass Konji (Continued)

[john weeks]

Hi guys, I'm back again with some photos. First the previously mentioned "Shoshu" script sword signature, and then a photo of a signature on an old (1940s or earlier) Yumi (Japanese longbow), and finally a photo of the signature on a Japanese kitchen knife I picked up this past summer. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated !! Thank you in advance, John

[john weeks]

Here I am, seemingly replying "to myself"? I know this isn't where I probably should be doing this, but...I was trying to "edit" my profile/user name and I don't have a clue what I'm doing or if it worked!?? Any help out there? Also, I note that nobody has replied to my "Grass Konji" post...and I had such high hopes !!!? Thank you, John

[Drago]

Sorry no one replied yet. The reason is probably that this was not posted in the "translation" section...

 

I can't help you a lot. Only this: The signature on the sword is not Grass Kanji (kanji with an "a" btw). The signature looks to be the sig of a non-traditonal military blade but it's hard to tell from just the one closeup blade photo.

 

The last sign on the sig on the yumi (that looks a lot more like grass script) is a kao, that's like a personal short signature. Unforntunately, I can't read grass script.

 

The sig on the kitchen knife seems to be "x次郎作" "x jirou saku" or "x shirou saku".

 

Sorry, that's all I know.

[Toryu2020]

I'm gonna guess

 

Sadatsugu kitau kore

貞俊鍛之

For the Showa-to

 

Tojiro saku

藤次郎作

For the knife

 

Eishin with kao

影進 kao

For the bow

 

-t

[k morita]

Hi,

I praise your efforts.

[john weeks]

Thanks guys....but what kind of script is the showa-to if not "grass konji" or shoshu??

[John A Stuart]

On the sword is a typical showa kaisho. I often wonder if there may have been shochu involved , but, sosho is the term for your grass script. John

[ROKUJURO]

........but what kind of script is the showa-to if not "grass konji" or sosho??

It is normal KANJI (not konji), not very carefully chiselled.