fromaes Posted May 2, 2015 Report Posted May 2, 2015 Hello It would be great if a menber could give me the translation for this mark found on a Wakizashi . I Am Completely New To Japanese Swords, so Any information any member might have as the period or any detail of the blade and tsuba would be much appreciated. Best Cerjak Quote
fromaes Posted May 6, 2015 Author Report Posted May 6, 2015 Looks like Norimasa to me. Hello Joe, Thank you for your translation. Excuse my lack of knowledge but could you tell me from which period is Norimasa ? Best Cerjak Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted May 6, 2015 Report Posted May 6, 2015 Norimasa is the smith, not period. I briefly tried to look him up on Nihontoclub.com, but didn't find him. I suggest searching for Norimasa (則正) and seeing what you can find. Quote
fromaes Posted May 11, 2015 Author Report Posted May 11, 2015 Hello I found Yamato no Daijo Fujiwara MASANORI Period: Keicho Shinto (1596-1615). Is it correct ? Best Cerjak Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted May 11, 2015 Report Posted May 11, 2015 Your sword is signed "Norimasa", so I doubt it. Quote
drbvac Posted May 12, 2015 Report Posted May 12, 2015 No sarcasm there Joe - just a transposition situation = Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted May 12, 2015 Report Posted May 12, 2015 Me sarcastic? Never! And I am extremely offended that you'd even imply that! In all seriousness though, I don't know anything about Shinto smiths (or Koto and most shinshinto - though as we get closer to gendaito, I get more and more conversational), so I'm not much help. Quote
fromaes Posted May 13, 2015 Author Report Posted May 13, 2015 Your sword is signed "Norimasa", so I doubt it. Hi Joe I found 4 signatures for Norisama and one I think it could be the same Nor 151 also I have read somewhere that the Koto signature are usualy of two characters. May be you could confim me ... Best Cerjak Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted May 13, 2015 Report Posted May 13, 2015 I don't have Harley's available to see if the "masa" character on nihontoclub.com is incorrect. If it is correct than this is likely not your smith, since the kanji for masa is different. As far as two character signatures, I'm not sure. It may be correct that Koto had a higher use of two character mei. That said, it would only be a rule of thumb since many smiths use two character signatures. Quote
Jean Posted May 13, 2015 Report Posted May 13, 2015 Depends the period. Nijimei is encountered throughout Koto but nagamei were more frequent in Muromachi with the Bishu Osafune.., Bizen Kuni JU osafune, Izumi no kami Kanesada.... Quote
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