Help with 4th character in mei.

[PR4964]

If someone could help solve the fourth character in the mei I would be eternally grateful. Losing sleep trying to find a translation. So far 'Etchu no Kami ? yasu. Thanks, Peter.

[Mark]

could it be Etchu (no) kami Fujiwara ____

[Jacques D.]

Hi,

 

As Mark says, Etchu no kami Fujiwara ????

[Bugyotsuji]

The fourth Kanji looks like it has been hit and distorted, making it difficult to read.

 

The Mei should continue 藤原 å£å£ä½œ/造 but it looks like you've lost the name of the actual katana-kaji.

[sencho]

Yup.... fujiwara

 

cheers

[PR4964]

Thanks all for your assistance. I had a sneaking suspision it was Fujiwara but as Piers pointed out, it does look different to a normal Fuji kanji. Yasu was the closest kanji I could match to Wara. I was hoping by putting it at the end it may have triggered an out of the square response to a smith. Thanks once again.