wakizashi showoff

[MovieFactoryYT]

Hello there,

 

i joined this forum a couple off days ago because i needed help with a sword i got.

I have been infected with the nihonto collecting fever a few months ago when i made my first purchase which i want to show off and hear opinions about it now.

This wakizashi came with a hozon paper and a full oshigata. i think it was a bit more expensive than it had to be but i got a big discount on the next nihonto i bought from that seller so its alright i guess.

it is attributed to "Ecchu Kami Kanekuni (2nd Generation)" of the "Yamato Tengai Kanenaga den" and dated to the Enkyō era (1744-1748).

the tsuba does have a signature too but i havent deciphered it yet. if anybody can read it, the info would be greatly appreciated.

 

[SteveM]

Your tsuba reads 

洛陽西陣住

埋忠作

 

Rakuyō Nishijin-jū

Umetada saku

 

Rakuyō Nishijin is a section of Kyōto. Umetada is the name of a very famous metalsmith. Probably best to consider this as gimei. Your sword is a fine wakizashi. I don't know how much you paid for it, but I think it is a good first purchase. Many of us bought junk swords as our first purchase. Your sword here is not junk. 

 

[MovieFactoryYT]

luckily i did my "junk" collecting with cheap new produced non Japanese swords first so when it came to nihonto i was already somewhat expirienced. i think i payed 3.5k € originally for it. and yeah i dont think that its a legit signature. im sure the seller would have pointed it out then

[Geraint]

Dear Simon.

 

Welcome and congratulations, a nice signed, papered sword, in polish and with nice koshirae.  I did find one other tsuba signed this way that looks quite similar so maybe not a false signature but that really doesn't matter in this context.

 

Enjoy!

 

All the best.

[Michaelr]

 Very nice. Thank you for sharing    
   MikeR

[MovieFactoryYT]

somebody pointed out that i mistipped the school name, its Yamato TEGAI Kanenaga den, not TENGAI like i wrote originally

[Ken-Hawaii]

I hope you've invested in a few books to study. Fellow NMB member Markus Sesko has written quite a few. Welcome aboard.

[MovieFactoryYT]

yeah, already got a book by sesko called "Leitfaden zum japanischen schwert".no idea if there is an english equivalent tho