I'm stumped - hard to read!

[hmultimedia]

Hi guys,

 

Can't work out this kanji before ...saku? So far I have Fujiwara ? ? Saku. My best guess is that it maybe Fujiwara ?-sada saku.

 

Cheers

 

Matt

 

[Bugyotsuji]

Does this page help to get you moving again?

http://www.sanmei.com/contents/media/A71229_PUP1.html

[takakage]

I don't see very well the yasuri mei on yours pictures. Are they taka no ha ?

I'm very surprised by the kiku ??? It is the first time where i see a kiku on his blade.

[Jean]

My dear Patrick,

 

If Piers gives a hint, it is for Matt to give a try and not for someone else to give right away the answer..... All the more, it was easy with Kanji pages

 

I let your post as it is but next time, you are requested to wait at least 24H before posting.

 

Thanks in advance

[takakage]

Ok Jean, i have canceled the smith name

[Peter Bleed]

An interesting mei, but I want to see that habaki. Is it curved? What kind of fitting is the blade in? An interesting problem, thanks and show us more!

Peter

[hmultimedia]

Thanks Piers, - Fujiwara masayasu saku? @Patrick I didn't see your post so no problem

 

Peter, that's just the seppa - not habaki in photo.. I'll try and get some more shots up today.

 

Cheers

 

Matt

[Jean]

Yes, good translation

[tesscoothome123]

I recognize this one. It is up for auction Nov. 17th by Fairfield auction in CT. Pictures of it on auctionzip. Regards, John

[Surfson]

The kiku is 17 petal. This is surprising, as the imperial kiku is 16 petals.

[takakage]

Hi,

 

It is the first kiku i see on a masayasu nakago.........If someone has got an other example or can explain that.

[kusunokimasahige]

During the Shinto era, and also the Shinshinto period, even though the Tokugawa were in power, the Chrysanthemum mon was not an uncommon sight on the nakago of swords.

 

See also Shinto mei-zukushi daizen, printed in Ansei 3 (1856)

 

KM

[tesscoothome123]

Saw the auction yesterday online and this brought 2000.00 plus 20 percent buyers, so 2400. Regards, John

[Gunome]

I don't see very well the yasuri mei on yours pictures.

 

It looks like O sujikai. We can distinguish it on the left side of the mei, and between the mei and the kiku.