Translation Help Please

[Michael 67]

Hello,

 

I have seen this signature. Can someone please help me with the translation?

 

Thank you very much

 

 

Michael

[Bazza]

A most interesting signature indeed.  It would take me months of trying to "get it".  I can read some of it, but there are strange characters interspersed...

 

Rotsa ruck...

 

BaZZa.

[John A Stuart]

What I see before fatigue. 澤原二世重x励精x椴煉之刄鋭文美 Looks like a brief on refining method. John

[John A Stuart]

Next line. Probably needs correction. 不譲中古匠因銘之且稻妻 Complete side, 澤原二世重x励精x椴煉之刄鋭文美不譲中古匠因銘之且稻妻

[Bazza]

Wonderful stuff John, but like the answer '42', what does it mean!!!!!

 

BaZZa 

[John A Stuart]

Tough one Baz, to me it is discussing the way the blade was made and by what tradition.  John

[John A Stuart]

At least the date is straight forward, Bunkyu 1863. John

[uwe]

At least the date is straight forward, Bunkyu 1863. John

John,

 

What about the last four kanji on the nengo.......“Usukura Narukiyo”??

[John A Stuart]

臼倉惟清 I don't know. John

[Michael 67]

 

does nobody have an idea?

[SteveM]

澤原二世重胤励精以鍛煉之刃鋭文美

 

John got most of it: 

Diligently made by Sawahara Shigetane (2nd), forged with sharpness and beauty (nb: sharpness of blade, beauty of hamon)

 

I'll take a look at the line next to it.

 

Usukura Narukiyo would almost certainly be the person who ordered the sword.

[SteveM]

I found this same blade on an auction site (sold around April of this year). From the auction site description

 

刃中に稲妻が表れている様と、本名の旦を入れてこの刀を譲るべからずとまで記された

 

"Inazuma (lightning) appears throughout the blade. The swordsmith inscribes his real name Noboru (旦) into the sword, and forbids the owner to transfer the sword to another"

 

nb: Sawahara Shigetane's real name was Sawahara Noboru (various other readings possible). I do not know if that auction site translation is accurate. 

[mywei]

Yep toko taikan corroborates this.

 

It says the Smith name was Sawahara Noboru, han-shi of Shirakawa domain, student of Naotane

 

Worked from Bunka to Ansei. Worked in Soshu-den but also has suguha works.

[Michael 67]

 

 

Steve and Matt, thank you very much