Thoughts on this mei? Yokoyama Kôzuke no Daijô Fujiwara Sukesada

[Katsujinken]

This wakizashi is signed Yokoyama Kôzuke no Daijô Sukesada (横山上野大掾藤原祐定) and I believe the ura nakago is "Bishu Osafune Junin".

 

So, what do we think of the mei? It doesn't look terrible to me, but I am not nearly the expert many of you are. The rest of blade appears to hit kantei points (suguha, dense itame, deep sori for a wakizashi, etc.), although I can't tell if it shows mizukage.

 

I'm going to assume this is gimei unless a strong chorus of experts says otherwise.

 

High resolution photo: https://wetransfer.com/downloads/3bb886ea583fc62d8c93e182fca302b220200711183353/c21f50

 

Thanks all. :-)

 

[DoTanuki yokai]

Im no expert but u clickbait me with the chance of seeing some nice yokoyama hamon :D

But i would also say gimei

[Jacques]

99% chances to be gimei..

[Ken-Hawaii]

There were so many generations of Sukesada, why would anyone forge a fake mei?

[DirkO]

Yokoyama Sukesada is far less in numbers, Ken. If I remember correctly, he wrote the Kanji for Sukesada in an odd fashion. Gimei pieces usually overlook this trait. I did a post about it years ago. I'll see if I can find it.

[David Flynn]

Yokoyama Kozuke daijo Sukesada, was the No1 Sukesada of the Shinto period.

[Katsujinken]

Yokoyama Kozuke daijo Sukesada, was the No1 Sukesada of the Shinto period.

Right, hence my skepticism.