Mystery name on nice set of mounts

[Surfson]

Hi All.  I am posting these since I suspect that one of you wizards will be able to translate it off the top of your head.  I just bought a set of koshirae that seem to have been made by a single maker.  The photos are from signatures on the kojiri and the fuchi.  I am not great at this type of cursive, but suspect the last kanji may be hide.  Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I think that based on the work this should be a maker with a good reputation.  Cheers, Bob

[SteveM]

安原美乗

Yasuhara Bijō

[Surfson]

You are amazing and so helpful Steve!  It took me a while, but I did find him listed under Yoshinori, which is the way that Haynes lists him.  He became a retainer of the Ikeda Daimyo of Matsuyama apparently during the late Edo period.  Much appreciated!  Cheers, Bob

[Geraint]

Dear Bob.

 

I am sure that I am not the only one who would love to see some pictures of the rest of the koshirae.  What you have posted so for looks really nice.  

 

All the best.

[Surfson]

I thought you would never ask Geraint!   Should I post them here or in the Tosogu section?  

[Brian]

Let’s do tosogu section for future browsing.

[Surfson]

Photos of the koshirae can be found here:

 

http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/32640-new-acquisition-that-needs-some-tlc/