Naginata Mei and date

[pcfarrar]

Hi,

 

Can anyone help with this naginata mei and date which is causing me problems. It belongs to a friend. I think its signed Bishu .... Motoyuki and the date 1851?

 

Thanks,

 

Peter

 

 

[Stephen]

pete i think its Nagayuki, think the date starts with Kei? looks older than the 1800s IMO,,,

[Jacques]

Hi,

 

I think it is Motoyuki 本行, but it is dated from Keio 3 (1867)

[Bugyotsuji]

I am just guessing until someone steps in to say otherwise:

 

備州(？？)æ–°å­æœ¬è¡Œä½œä¹‹

Bishu (? ? ) Niigo Motoyuki Saku kore

 

慶応三年二月日

Keio San nen Ni gatsu jitsu

 

***In the brackets is a place name. It looks somewhat like ç”°å› , but how would you read that if such a place ever existed? Detsune? Tanami? Den-in? Or is it one character...? This would take me some time to track down using old maps!

[Nobody]

備州(？？)æ–°å­æœ¬è¡Œä½œä¹‹

Bishu (? ? ) Niigo Motoyuki Saku kore

I cannot find the actual smith with the name yet. So, I am unsure about the second kanji in the brackets.

At first, I thought the kanji may be æ—¥ or å› . Now I guess it is æ—¥, and æ—¥æ–°å­ (Nisshinshi) may be the art name of the smith.

 

BTW, the first three kanji are å‚™å·žä½ (Bishu ju).

[Bugyotsuji]

Thank you, Koichi san.

[pcfarrar]

Thanks everyone for the help.

 

I can't find any mention of a smith signing this way in Hawleys or Fujishiro. Is this likely to be a gimei or just an unrecorded smith?

[Bugyotsuji]

Thanks everyone for the help.

 

I can't find any mention of a smith signing this way in Hawleys or Fujishiro. Is this likely to be a gimei or just an unrecorded smith?

 

Probably an unrecorded smith.　Gimei are usually done in an attempt to be someone everyone knows and will pay good money for. (Just my personal opinion)