Jean Posted August 22, 2019 Report Posted August 22, 2019 Everything in the title and if the answer is yes, who is he. This sword comes out of a family who had this sword when he was general under Napoleon III. Attribution to Yamato Norinaga. 2 Quote
Ray Singer Posted August 22, 2019 Report Posted August 22, 2019 I translated this sword for someone previously on one of the social media groups. At the time I commented that it appeared to be signed 本阿弥 + KAO (so yes, it does appears to be signed as a Hon'ami shumei). 2 Quote
Ray Singer Posted August 22, 2019 Report Posted August 22, 2019 If someone has one of the references handy which show the various KAO, it should be possible to identify whose this is. Enough of the KAO appears to be present to identify or at least narrow down, assuming it is authentic. One caveat is that Hon'ami shumei were typically suppose to indicate that the sword was ubu, but that does not always appear to have been followed. Markus published a great reference on the Hon'ami which I unfortunately don't have on hand. 3 Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted August 23, 2019 Report Posted August 23, 2019 My best guess is Hon'ami Tadaaoki or Tadayoshi, Jean, but there's not a whole lot of kao left. The blade looks to be the right age. 1 Quote
BIG Posted August 23, 2019 Report Posted August 23, 2019 Markus compendium starts page 60.. https://markussesko.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/nihontocompendium-e1.pdf Best 2 Quote
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