Mihara ju Masahiro

[Lammi]

I have this Mihara ju Masahiro (三原住正廣). It is probably sue-Mihara blade. Most of the smith´s in Mihara were Masa something and there were several Masahiros as well. According my knowledge last Mihara Masahiro worked around 1530. At that time they also exported a grate number of Mihara blades to China (even Chinese did not use these blades). Can anyone tell me something about this blade, is this a sue-Mihara blade and what about this Masahiro, can anyone identify when this Masahiro worked?

[John A Stuart]

Hi, This may be the smith from Tenmon era. Here is the page from the Toko Taikan to compare. Oshigata not clear, but, they may help. John

[Jacques]

Hi,

 

  John A Stuart said:

Hi, This may be the smith from Tenmon era. Here is the page from the Toko Taikan to compare. Oshigata not clear, but, they may help. John

 

 

Also quoted in Fujishiro koto jiten with a clear oshigata which does'nt match.

[leo]

Hi,

This Bingo smith, according to the signature, may be Mihara ju Masahiro who worked in Ei-roku(1558). Ref. Hawley MAS 164.

I have a large Aikuchi(33cm) by a contemporary smith Mihara Ju Masayoshi (1532-1559) of the same school, picture shown.

 

Martin

[leo]

Hi,

forgot the blade picture,

 

Martin

[Lammi]

Hi,

Thanks for the replies.

The style in Martin´s Aikuchi is very similar. Ei-roku is the most probably answer, I will check the reference.

 

Thanks!