Grey Doffin Posted October 17, 2008 Report Posted October 17, 2008 Hi guys, Can anyone read the 2nd Kanji here? Kane something. This will be for sale. Thanks, Grey Quote
John A Stuart Posted October 17, 2008 Report Posted October 17, 2008 Hi Grey, Maybe 'Kanetoshi', but not quite right. John Quote
Bungo Posted October 18, 2008 Report Posted October 18, 2008 is that " dry skin " peeling off ? gross..............need dermatologist's attention !! paint ? firescales ? milt Quote
Grey Doffin Posted October 18, 2008 Author Report Posted October 18, 2008 Nope, just some old glue. Can't be too firm in the tsuka, you know. Kanetoshi doesn't seem right. Anyone have a better idea? Grey Quote
shan Posted October 18, 2008 Report Posted October 18, 2008 Hi Grey, How about a badly written Kanenori? Thats as close as i gan get to it. I`v been through all the Kane ???? that i know and thats or Johns option. sorry shan Quote
sencho Posted October 19, 2008 Report Posted October 19, 2008 no idea...... ... it is the two marks to the right of the second character that get me..... å…¼ ç ” 　kaneaki å…¼ 弘 kanehiro å…¼ 舛　 kanemasu å…¼ æ¦ kanetake Quote
sencho Posted October 19, 2008 Report Posted October 19, 2008 wait up... isn't the first character sakana (uo) éš seems a bit fishy to me!! Quote
Bungo Posted October 19, 2008 Report Posted October 19, 2008 Kapitan, The first Kanji does looks like a " fish " sometimes...it's Kane, without a doubt. Check out Fujishiro's books, and you'll a lot of examples like that. milt Quote
k morita Posted October 19, 2008 Report Posted October 19, 2008 It is difficult to read the 2nd unskilled Kanji character. If I dare to guess, KaneSato (兼郡). But i'm not sure. Quote
sencho Posted October 19, 2008 Report Posted October 19, 2008 Yabai !!!!! I asked my wife about Sato, and she told me I was an idiot!! Quote
Bungo Posted October 19, 2008 Report Posted October 19, 2008 Grey, there's some glue on the lower left of the second kanji ( I think ).......can you remove that ? May be that bit of glue cover some " key " stroke ? milt Quote
Guido Posted October 19, 2008 Report Posted October 19, 2008 Yabai !!!!! I asked my wife about Sato, and she told me I was an idiot!!That's why I don't ask my wife. Doesn't make me less of an idiot, but at least nobody rubs it in. Quote
Markus Posted October 19, 2008 Report Posted October 19, 2008 Another guess Could also be a badly written "Kanemori" 兼盛 Quote
Grey Doffin Posted October 19, 2008 Author Report Posted October 19, 2008 Hey guys, thanks for all your effort. A better, unglued picture is below. Grey Quote
Nobody Posted October 19, 2008 Report Posted October 19, 2008 Another guess Could also be a badly written "Kanemori" 兼盛 The second kanji is really hard to decipher. At first I imagined 部, æ¦, å¼, æˆ, and so on. But I agree to 兼盛 (Kanemori) for now. :? The attached picture shows old styles of ç››, which is the 1st kanji in each mei. Ref. kanetoyo’s blog http://blog.livedoor.jp/kanetoyo/ Quote
Bungo Posted October 19, 2008 Report Posted October 19, 2008 the glue did cover the missing strokes................Markus is right !! milt Quote
Markus Posted October 19, 2008 Report Posted October 19, 2008 the glue did cover the missing strokes................Markus is right !! milt Still unsure but I bear in mind the similar weak, tight burt sweeping writing style of the character "mori" in the mei of the Kongobei school, like Morishige or Morimitsu. Quote
Grey Doffin Posted October 19, 2008 Author Report Posted October 19, 2008 Trouble with that interpretation is that the yasurime aren't Kongyobei; they're Mino aren't they? I don't think mori is the answer and I'm beginning to think we may never know the answer. Thanks again for trying. Grey Quote
John A Stuart Posted October 19, 2008 Report Posted October 19, 2008 Grey, I went through the Minoto Taikan and checked Cox's book as well. No oshigata that matched. Not knowing the second kanji it was page by page and I may have missed it, but, there you go. John Quote
Markus Posted October 19, 2008 Report Posted October 19, 2008 Trouble with that interpretation is that the yasurime aren't Kongyobei; they're Mino aren't they? Sorry, my words were too inaccurate. The yasurime are of course not Kongobei and Mino as you stated. I just meant that the writing style of the character "Mori" reminds me on those used by Kongobei smiths, and not that this assumption has anything to do with the blade itself. Quote
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