Mei Translation Help

[vajo]

Could you help me please with this mei?

 

 

I read it: ...Ju.... Masa Shige Saku

 

 

 

[C0D]

大泉住小松正重作
Oizumi ju Komatsu Masashige saku

安政....
Ansei....

[ROKUJURO]

Chris,

date is ANSEI SHICHI NEN (1861) January (?), I believe, but there are two more KANJI.  

[vajo]

Thanks a lot.

 

Ist this meaning Masashige from Komatsu?

 

Unknown Masashige? Can't find anything related to this mei.

[ROKUJURO]

Chris,

KOMATSU (= small pine-tree) is probably the familiy name in this case.

[george trotter]

Chris,

 

date is ANSEI SHICHI NEN (1861) January (?), I believe, but there are two more KANJI.  

Yes, hard to read, Ansei shichi nen, kinoe sho gatsu hi (or jitsu or nichi)....Kinoe is a calendar sign.,, anyway it is sho-gatsu, so January 1861.

Regards,

[vajo]

Such a great help. Thanks a lot.

[uwe]

If it is "Ansei 7" ("安政 七"), shouldn't it be 1860 and the matching Zodiac date "Kanoe Saru" ("庚申")?

[ROKUJURO]

Uwe,

I thought it would be 1854 plus 7, but probably you are right.

[vajo]

I have some problemes to find out the smith. In Hawley are listed 3 in that period with muneshige, but none Komatsu. There is Komatsu City in Ishikawa province. But there is no Muneshige.

Any idea who this smith is?

 

Thats the blade

 

[uwe]

Uwe,

 

I thought it would be 1854 plus 7, but probably you are right.

 

Jean,

 

actually 1854 = first year Ansei, so you have to add only 6 years

[vajo]

What you think about the blade? Mino i guess. Is there a Mino smith with name muneshige?