Kanehiro help

[DTM72]

I am looking for information on Kanehisa that used a different kanji than normally seen for "Kane" 金弘

I can't quite get the other 4 kanji. Un shu ? ? Ju Nori? Suye? Kane Hiro Saku

 

[Ray Singer]

Appears to be signed Kanehiro. 

[DTM72]

  On 12/8/2020 at 1:55 PM, Ray Singer said:

Appears to be signed Kanehiro. 

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So  金弘

What would the rest Translate to? I am still not finding any info on this smith.

[Shugyosha]

Hi Dan,

I think it's this hiro: 宏 - there's something that looks like the pot lid radical at the top on the left.

[DTM72]

  On 12/8/2020 at 3:48 PM, Shugyosha said:

Hi Dan,

I think it's this hiro: 宏 - there's something that looks like the pot lid radical at the top on the left.

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Pot lid radical....I love it!

[DTM72]

金 宏 I can see the pot lid, now that you pointed it out. I am still unable to find a smith who signed with this signature in the swordsmith index.

[Shugyosha]

...but maybe not - Hawleys doesn't have anyone signing with that kanji. Here's the best I can do with the rest the first kanji might be the "Un" of Unshuu but might not be. The majority of Kanehiros were working in Mino.

雲州 ? 島住意 ?金宏作

So Unshuu something shima ju Moto or Nori Something Kanehiro saku.

Edit: agreed on the "hiro" so your suggestion is better.

[Ray Singer]

Perhaps: Unshu Kurushima ju (雲州来島住)

[DTM72]

Would this be considered "Tachi Mei"? Overall sugata looks like an old tachi. I would guess it is an EDO throwback. 

[Ray Singer]

  On 12/8/2020 at 4:47 PM, DTM72 said:

Would this be considered "Tachi Mei"?

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Yes, this is a tachi-mei.

[Ray Singer]

The blade appears to be Showa period.

 

  On 12/8/2020 at 4:47 PM, DTM72 said:

Overall sugata looks like an old tachi. I would guess it is an EDO throwback. 

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[SteveM]

藝州来島住滝本金弘作

Geishū Raijima-jū Takimoto Kanehiro saku  

 

is my guess.

Meikan more (smith whose name isn't found in any list - in other words, an unknown smith). Or, a made-up name engraved on the sword to enhance its marketability.

 

 

 

[DTM72]

Wow....never thought this would be a yield so many different thoughts. With no info available on this smith, I may just have to pass on it.