Kanemasa?

[Katsujinken]

I believe this is a Hozon paper for a wakizashi by Kanemasa, but I’m having trouble figuring out exactly which Kanemasa we’re talking about here. Would appreciate any assistance! Thanks.

[Jussi Ekholm]

I think it is Kanemasu 兼舛. In the brackets it is indicated it is attributed to Shintō era. There seem to be 2 Kanemasu working that time, one Ryōken school smith during Keichō (I have 1 oshigata of him and mei seems different). There is also Kanbun era Kanemasu who had title Harima no Kami. He used 3 different masu characters in his signatures according Sesko Index. Unfortunately I don't have a mei example of his.

[Katsujinken]

I think it is Kanemasu 兼舛. In the brackets it is indicated it is attributed to Shintō era. There seem to be 2 Kanemasu working that time, one Ryōken school smith during Keichō (I have 1 oshigata of him and mei seems different). There is also Kanbun era Kanemasu who had title Harima no Kami. He used 3 different masu characters in his signatures according Sesko Index. Unfortunately I don't have a mei example of his.

 

Ah Kanemasu! I couldn't find Kanemasu in Fujishiro (Shinto), and the two character mei kind of threw me, so I assumed I had made a mistake or something. 

 

Thank you Jussi!