Help With A Hard One

[Jim P]

HI guys, Need some help with a hard one

Thanks to Bazza and Steve M for their thoughts {Second character on the rhs is SHUU, the first being the province?. there is horimono on the blade so one of the lhs characters I think reads HORI DO SAKU ("also made the carving").}

but not much on the rest at this point   thoughts ?

 

[SteveM]

I put mine as a spoiler. Somebody who wants to take a crack should give it a go without looking at my spoiler because once you see a kanji character as a certain character, it is hard to stop seeing it that way.

 

 

 

 

お武州神田囗囗造之

干時雕同作

Bushū Kanda ?? kore wo tsukuru

Toki hori dōsaku

 

I am unsure of the ones in red. I am fairly sure of the province and location. The final line also seems pretty clear. I am interested in the idiosyncracies, but that is a topic for when we have figured out who made/signed this. 

 

 

[george trotter]

His first name kanji is certainly "Yasu"

 

To me his name looks like Bushu Kanda Yasunori tsukuru kore  1764-1781  Hawley (1981) YAS 690.

 

 

I haven't looked the lead up, just thought I'd mention it so you can have a bit of fun following it up...hope I'm not leading you astray.

Regards,

[SteveM]

YES!　You got it. Well done. 

 

So the first one is 於 and the entirety in normal script is

 

於武州神田保則造之

[Jim P]

Thank you, George and Steve

[Ian B3HR2UH]

Hi Jim , there is a nakago in Shinto Benji Oshigata by this smith which shows the same unusual way of writing nori .

Ian Brooks

[Jim P]

Hi Ian,That's what I was looking for   not much chance its gimei but wonted to get something to compare it too don't have the book so if one of the members has it and can post or PM with the page that would be great. Again thanks guys

[george trotter]

Here's the oshi from Shinto Benji Oshigata p.143. Amazing that a 250 year old book can be so helpful. BTW YA 323 is in Hawley's old blue books 1976, the 'new' number (brown book 1981) is YAS 690.

Let us know what your research uncovers,

Regards,

[Jim P]

Hi George, Thanks mate, you're a legend, owe you a beer next time you are down this way   I will let you know what info comes up Now that I Know who he is Yasunori did some good quality horimono and IMHO has skill in cutting that interesting mei :thumbsup:

[george trotter]

You are most welcome Jim....certainly looks like a good potential item. Hope you uncover some good info..

Maybe show us the blade...mounts?

 

I lived in Elsternwick for a few months in 1968...(I'm an old geezer)...always liked Melbourne...I have rellies in Lancefield and Horsham.

Regards,

[Alan Morton]

Where have you been hiding Jimmy.?