Sanity check on my attempt with this mei

[CT03]

This is from a gunto katana I just purchased for myself. I have been a longtime lurker reading posts but have yet to have the need to ask a question that I couldn't find the answer to in someone elses questions answered here.

 

The blade is pretty standard shinogi zukuri with a suguha hamon (probably not traditionally done) I don't see any grain patterns in the steel.

 

mei:

 

The date was not too difficult Sho wa 1926 + 2 +10 (-1) 1937 year 1 month

 

The mei I figured the second character to be mitsu but the first character is elluding me and I think I am starting to try to see things that are not there. Closest I came is yasu but that doesn't match up to any signature of yasumitsu I could find.

 

Thank you for any assistance you may be able to render.

 

Chris Treichel

[mdiddy]

Chris,

 

For the date you multiply the smaller number if it comes before the larger number and add it if it comes after. In this case the date would then be 1926 + (2 x 10 -1) = 1945.

 

Can we see photos of the mei? If your drawing is correct I agree its likely Yasumitsu. I think there was one working in Seki during Showa period.

 

Here is another to compare to: http://home.earthlink.net/~ttstein/yasumit2.jpg

 

Matt

[CT03]

Thank you for the advice.

 

Does anyone have a picture of Yasumitsu mei with only two characters?

 

I found the pictures a previous owner took.... apparently better camera than mine.

 

 

 

Chris Treichel

[CT03]

how about that... full circle... this one has already been answered on this site... viewtopic.php?f=50&t=9387&p=77828&hilit=Nomura+Terujiro&sid=1676d834d59693d1a9dc45ccdc6350c7#p77828