Translation Fancy Script Mei

[Fudoshinken]

Hello All, I am having no lucky in any way to identify what the mei is. As it is fancy script maybe called grass script? Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

[SwordGuyJoe]

Sosho script. I have an idea on it, but this is a tough one and to save my personal embarrassment, I'll defer to other's opinion.

[Ray Singer]

I will take a shot. Yoshichika___ or Yoshinobu___. 吉近__ or 吉延__, possibly followed by 作.

 

Best regards,

Ray

[SwordGuyJoe]

I've got yoshi or maybe Ko as well and the last kanji to me is nobu as well. It's the three kanji mei - at least to my eye - is what's throwing me.

[Fudoshinken]

Thank you for your thoughts on translation as I am clueless to this style of mei and no good reference that I know of.

Regards

[SwordGuyJoe]

Steve and Nobody-San are usually pretty good at these.

[SteveM]

Nope - not a clue. Hoping Morita-san or Nobody-san will step in. 

If I had a gun to my head I'd say the last one vaguely reminds me of 祐.

But the top two.... I got nuthin. 

[k morita]

 

Hi,

 

http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/16610-sosho-style-mei/?hl=yoshitsugu

[Fudoshinken]

Was Sosho style of kanji for mei used from a certain time period to know when it may help to date a lade? Or has it been used for as long as swords have been made? When Sosho mei is used is it harder to deduce what smith or generation would have made it if not dated?

Regards