Izumi Kami Kanekore

[James]

Hi all,

 

I have a wakizashi that I believe reads Izumi kami Kanekore saku. There is one recorded on the Nihonto Knowledge Base as an 11th generation, but I have found no oshigatas or information on him in either Fujishiro's or Toko Taikan.

 

If anyone has any information on him and/or oshigata, please post it here.

 

Many thanks in advance.

 

[Ted Tenold]

James,

 

This one might be more of a challenge. Kanekore is listed in Hawley's as a Meiji period smith. I have nothing in my library on him, well, except the Hawley's notation.

 

Hope you find something on him.

[Nobody]

Isn't the mei Kanesada (兼定)?

[Ted Tenold]

Looking back on it, I think you're right.

 

*Edit*: Okay, after looking at Syd's image, I think it's "kore" again. It's obviously much too late for me here now, and I am going to bed before "kane" becomes "kuro" too.

 

**Re-Edit**: Alright, now I feel like a real jackass... The character is the "No" version of "Sada" that "Nosada" used. This will teach me to post in the wee hours of the morning after a long day.

[benkyoka]

In the Nihonto Jiten by 得能一男　page 152 has these two entries that may be related to your piece (although I could be way off).

[James]

  Nobody said:

Isn't the mei Kanesada (兼定)?

 

Oh excellent I have a sword by a ¥12M smith :lol:

 

Seriously though, it does look more like kore than sada but then again Kanekore is from Meiji and the sword is definately older.

 

*EDIT* On closer inspection, I believe Koichi is correct in saying the kanji is sada 定 and the first thing that I thought when I saw the sword even before analysing the mei was "Mino"...

[James]

I'll post photos of the hamon and boshi later

[Jacques]

Hi,

 

 

Maybe i'm wrong but this signature looks like a gimei of Kanesasa (Nosada).

[James]

Whilst the sword is not in polish (and there is some glue stuff stuck to the blade) there is a distinctive Jizo boshi and gunome hamon.