Quiz: mei (signature)

[k morita]

Quiz: mei(signature).

Who is this signature?

 

Hint:

The date is The 2nd month, Meiji 3 (1870).

[Stephen]

This will be a welcome thread, why were here, to learn new facet's of Nihonto, Soshu scrip is very hard for me, wild guess Kanehiro???

[Brian]

I also think I can identify Masa.......Kane....

This reminds me I need to pick up this book sometime...

http://www.lulu.com/shop/markus-sesko/i ... 72020.html

 

Brian

[k morita]

Hi,

 

Thank you for your postings.

 

hint #2:

He lived in Shinano province(Shinshu province) .

The mei is not four Kanji characters and is five Kanji characters.

(3 Kanji are his pen name/art name and 2 Kanji are smith name)

[cabowen]

清麿の甥子。。。晩年作、、、

[k morita]

Hi,

Chris-san made a hit already.

And Jacques D san was perfect answer via PM.

 

Anyone?, please join in !!

 

Hint #3:

Kiyomaro school

[mywei]

直心斎兼虎

?

[Eric H]

Hi

[cabowen]

Do you have any details about the blade available?

[k morita]

Do you have any details about the blade available?

 

Hi,

Chris san,

I have only this an old original tang oshigata of Kanetora.

I haven't blade oshigata of Kanetora.

[cabowen]

I understand. Thank you!

 

His work seems very rare....

[k morita]

Hi

 

Thank you Eric for attached pic.

Is the pic from Markus's book[index of Japanese Swordsmiths]?

I discovered two misprints(Kanji typographical error) on the pic.

 

Markus, PM sent.

[k morita]

Quiz ended.

Correct answer is "Jikishinsai Kanetora" 直 心 斎 兼 乕(same as 虎).

 

Congratulations to:

Chris B san ,Jacques D san,Matt Wei san,and Eric H san.

 

Stephen san and Brian san were a correct answer only "Kane" 兼　.

Thank you for joining.

[Stephen]

fun hope to keep this going with another one soon. Morita san Hai domo!

[Widowmaker]

Another information, according to the ranking sheet of Shinshinto period Smith, he is ranked as "better than average level" (中上作) with the name "山浦兼虎"

 

Here is the ranking sheet

 

http://blog.yam.com/satokoso/article/47813422

[Brian]

Thank you Morita san, a good exercise. I would never have gotten that without a few more years learning.

 

Brian

[Markus]

I discovered two misprints(Kanji typographical error) on the pic.

Markus, PM sent.

 

Thank you Morita san. I will add that to my list of corrections.

[O-Yumi]

While we're on the topic, is cursive the same as Shoshu/Grass konji? Would Marcus' book be used to decipher such? John

[mywei]

This was good. Hurt my eyes a bit trying to decipher grass script though

FYI here's one for that was for sale on Choshuya (definitely up-priced due to connection with Kiyomaro though imho!!)

 

 

http://www.choshuya.co.jp/sale/gj/2011/1106/9_kanetora.htm

[k morita]

Wow!

 

tokubetsu hozon, 1,600,000 Yen.

[Jean]

you can discuss prices with Ginza C. Could get 10% discount.

 

Price is totally independant from kanteisho level.

[k morita]

mywei,

 

I compared the mei of the Tanto with my Oshigata(top of this thread).

You can see ,It's very similar.

[k morita]

After that,I got a research book of Yamaura Masao and his son Kanetora.

The book title is [Meisho No Katami]( Keepsake from master-hand's)pub 2011, 名匠の形見

This book contains 51 oshigata of MASAO(and various his smith names, )、and 16 Kanetota oshigata.

I think it's a nice book.

 

http://www.japaneseswordbooksandtsuba.c ... mura-saneo

[cabowen]

I went to an exhibition of Kiyomaro school swords once in Nagano (maybe at Matsumoto-jo?) and recall several Kanetora blades as being very nice. I think I have a catalog from that exhibit somewhere....If I can find it, I will post some more pictures...Thank you Morita san for those images.