Kunishige (Bushu)

[christianmalterre]

as you know and things do happen-i do not longer have any books relating to blades...

 

Could someone please tell me(as i know there are specialists here) how many Generations of:

 

Shinto (Musashi province-Bushu)

Yamashiro Fujiwara Kunishige did exist?(i do know from two in backmind can but really not well remember)?

do have an blade here which is signed

Yamashiro No Kami Fujiwara Kunishige

(there´s no Saku)

-which of these smiths did sign without "Saku"?(is known to have done such)?

-up from which time an "Kunishige"(and which one,had official allowence so to use the No Kami in his signature?

-When exactly this/these smiths are recorded to ben active?

 

Christian

[takakage]

Many yari and jumonji with this mei yamashiro no kami kunishige. I have seen severals , yari and jumonji, no kanji saku at the end of the mei.

2 are listed on the hawley's with no kami for musashi.

[Markus]

The Musashi Kunishige lineage split off from the Shitahara Yasushige group in 1617.

The 1st gen. Musashi Kunishige was active around Kan´ei (寛永, 1624-1644), the

2nd around Manji (万治, 1658-1661), the 3rd around Genroku (元禄, 1688-1704), the

4th around Hōreki (宝暦, 1751-1764) and the 5th and last around Tenmei (天明, 1781-1789).

 

There is a blade extant by the 2nd gen. on which he signed the title "Yamashiro no Kami"

in hiragana syllables. Apart from that, only the 4th and 5th generations signed with

"Yamashiro no Kami". The 3rd generation bore the title "Tajima no Kami".

 

[christianmalterre]

Thank you Gentlemen!

very much of help

Christian