Translation Assistance

[mdiddy]

Hello,

 

I would like to ask for help with the mei on a large tanto. I get ___sada. The first kanji is perplexing. It looks like 伸. The saya has sayagaki and it uses the kanji 神 (Kamisada?). Neither make sense to me. I will add pics of sayagaki also.

 

Any insight would be greatly appreciated and I plan to use this for commercial purposes (happy to offer to a Board member if anyone is interested).

 

Thanks for the help.

 

Matt

[1tallsword]

could it be Mori ?? just my novice guess im sure one of the other more knowledgeable folks will tune in, cheers, Jeremy scott

[Bugyotsuji]

None of them quite have the right strokes, but while we are thinking creatively, just as likely as 申　神　must surely be the two-water-stroke hen version of 沖 with the missing stroke brought over to the right?

[mdiddy]

Jeremy and Piers - thanks for the extra info. I attached a picture of the sayagaki. It is faded in spots but I call attention to the final four kanji - ___to then ___sada. Any idea which kanji the sayagaki author is suggesting the one in question (伸, 神, 沖) is?

[John A Stuart]

Maybe 神見 Shinken. John

[k morita]

Hi,

 

Inscribed as "Shinsoku" on the sayagaki.

神 息

[John A Stuart]

That would make it a spurious signature without a doubt. John

[1tallsword]

happy to see more folks tuned in and you got a better answer cheers ,,, Jeremy scott

[mdiddy]

Morita-san, John, and everyone that weighted in: thank you, I greatly appreciate it.

 

Agree, certainly not legendary Shinsoku. Gimei or a successor: http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~sumie99/Shinsoku.html?

 

Also, is it possible to translate any of the sayagaki? It is faint in places, and also on the tsuka, but most kanji on the saya can be seen.