b.hennick Posted February 17, 2021 Report Posted February 17, 2021 The photos that were sent to me were not great. I did what I could with Photoshop. I could not get very far. All help is appreciated. Quote
Ray Singer Posted February 17, 2021 Report Posted February 17, 2021 __貞作 (__sada saku). I will look into the first kanji, but not clear. 1 Quote
b.hennick Posted February 17, 2021 Author Report Posted February 17, 2021 Thanks Ray. I could not find anything close for the first kanji. Quote
reinhard Posted February 19, 2021 Report Posted February 19, 2021 Hi Barry, The mei eventually reads: MORI ( 守 ) SADA saku. There was a Bungo Takada Katana with a similar mei in the Compton collection. It was papered "koshu tokubetsu kicho token" in 1975, so the mei can be considered genuine. It was sold at auction by Christies as lot Nr.306 (Part I) on March 31, 1992. The two mei are not precisely identical, but pretty close. 3 Quote
b.hennick Posted February 19, 2021 Author Report Posted February 19, 2021 Thanks Reinhard. I would never have come up with Mori. Quote
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