waljamada Posted October 21, 2020 Report Posted October 21, 2020 Greetings and thank you in advance for any help. So the description of this sword has it as Kanamoto....however I can't find a single reference about a smith by that name. I'm believing that its actually kanemoto however my eye doesn't quite match the mei to that either but I can kind of see it. If it is then id also wonder which kanemoto this would be...? Also, how accurate is the description do you think to the actual sword? Also any opinions on the tsuba and the shaomi attribution? Quote
John A Stuart Posted October 21, 2020 Report Posted October 21, 2020 The standard Romaji would be Kanemoto. As it is rendered syllabically Kanamoto in this case is just what happens with transliteration of foreign languages. John Quote
waljamada Posted October 22, 2020 Author Report Posted October 22, 2020 Thank you John for confirming that. I will now dive into Kanemoto meis and see if I can find a match. Quote
waljamada Posted October 22, 2020 Author Report Posted October 22, 2020 Well this forum was really topical and perfectly interesting on Kanemoto. Still somewhat stumped on matching it as the last Kanji in the examples im seeing have that 90 degree angle like in my photo and the top of kane is strange. Will keep digging...but could just be gimei. The hamon isn't the one that Kanemoto (any gen) are most famous for. Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted October 22, 2020 Report Posted October 22, 2020 You started this thread with someone's description from somewhere, which is full of spelling mistakes. How authoritative is this description that you mention? Quote
waljamada Posted October 22, 2020 Author Report Posted October 22, 2020 Piers, It's in and as light as the air. I'm giving the description as much weight as a guess so attempting to figure out how accurate or not it is. The seller has sold a handful of swords before and in his messages its apparent he isn't a native English speaker. Quote
PNSSHOGUN Posted October 22, 2020 Report Posted October 22, 2020 This looks very much like Gimei, however the sword itself looks to be of potential quality. Quote
waljamada Posted October 22, 2020 Author Report Posted October 22, 2020 John, yeah it kind of seems that way at this point. Im not finding a match to this Kanemoto mei. I don't have the sword in hand yet but I paid in the $600's for it so that doesnt break my heart. Hoping that the sword is still a quality blade and hopefully the fittings also have something to them. Quote
waljamada Posted October 22, 2020 Author Report Posted October 22, 2020 Found this amazing graphic of the generations and partial line of Kanemoto. Not all use that 90 degree angle so maaaybe? Quote
Brian Posted October 23, 2020 Report Posted October 23, 2020 Glad the image has an attribution at the bottom. Vital to give thanks and credit where it's due. In this case, David Pepin, 1 1 Quote
waljamada Posted October 25, 2020 Author Report Posted October 25, 2020 Man o man...I've since learned the rabbithole that is Kanamoto meis....I had no idea what I was getting into.... *meant Kanemoto. Thanks Piers. Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted October 26, 2020 Report Posted October 26, 2020 I am willing to learn, but although I know Kin 金 can be read Kane or Kana, depending on context, I have not come across 兼 Kane- ever being read as Kana-. Am I missing something? Quote
waljamada Posted October 26, 2020 Author Report Posted October 26, 2020 Piers, meant Kanemoto, sorry. Misstype. I learned very quickly that there was no Kanamoto as listed in the sellers original description. Spent my recent bits of free time looking up Kanemoto signatures/mei and found out how many different ones there are amongst all the generations and also the variations each individual Kanemoto used. It's just a larger pool than I've ever found myself in up to this point. The Kanemoto pool is a very busy and ancient one... 1 Quote
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