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I'm finally learning a bit more about 20th century smiths beyond the 2 dozen I know from various books.

 

I'm looking at a tanto by

藤原正明謹作

 

Correct reading Fujiwara Masaaki [*] saku?

Can anyone point me at a link for more information about this smith.

Thank you for any help.

 

Posted

Closest I've come so far is a Yoshida Masaaki in Gifu.

Mentioned on Paul Martin's site.

 

Also, an image of one previously for sale by Choshuya.com, but the workmanship level seems very different. Signature is style also a lot stronger in the one I am seeing.

Posted

All, especially Ray, thank you.

 

I was a bit confused by the change in his signature style -especially the very different 'Masa' and lighter signature, but it seems to be the same [Gifu] smith.

The site Ray linked provided a fair bit of examples and information that a Google search didn't provide.

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