help with date?

[Frederik M]

hello

I managed to decipher the name of Seki gunto smith but cannot understand the date part

It is not the usual gunto dating system I guess.

Given there is Roku (6), I would bet on 1931?

thx for your help

[Peter Bleed]

I don't think its a date. Please show us both sides of the whole tang

P

[Frederik M]

here is the other side, it is Ishihara Kanenao from what i found out.

thx for your help

[uwe]

Indeed “濃州大杉住石原兼直作” (Nōshū Ōsuki Jū Ishihara Kanenao saku)

 

The other side seems to start with “孫六...” (Magoroku...)?

[Nobody]

孫六堂 - Magorokudo

Shop name?

[uwe]

Thanks Moriyama san!
Just found “堂”......doesn’t it  mean temple, shrine?

[Kiipu]

  On 11/17/2019 at 11:20 PM, Nobody said:

孫六堂 - Magorokudo

Shop name?

 

Possibly shows up in the index below.

Seki Magoroku Swords Co./Seki no Magoroku Tokensho (Seki) 

http://www.jp-sword.com/files/temp/shokomeikan.htm

[Kiipu]

  On 11/17/2019 at 11:26 PM, uwe said:

Thanks Moriyama san!

Just found “堂”......doesn’t it  mean temple, shrine?

 

堂

-dō = temple, shrine; shop, store.

The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary, 1997.

[Frederik M]

thx for your help