pcfarrar Posted January 22, 2009 Report Posted January 22, 2009 Could anyone help with this orikaeshi mei on a yari? I think its Kiyo ? saku Thanks, Peter Quote
Brian Posted January 22, 2009 Report Posted January 22, 2009 Peter, There's a mei there? :lol: Wow...not a lot to go on. All I can see is saku. Not much help, but I tried a bit of image manipulation. Doubt it is any easier though. Orikaeshi on a yari is unusual though. Brian Quote
Markus Posted January 22, 2009 Report Posted January 22, 2009 Hi Peter and Brian, The signatur reads: Iekuni saku (家國作) Quote
pcfarrar Posted January 22, 2009 Author Report Posted January 22, 2009 Thanks Markus. Brian, it's a 7.3" nagasa yari that's been shortened to use as a tanto. Needs a polish badly. Could this be koto or is it one of the shinto Iyekuni from Etchu? Quote
Markus Posted January 22, 2009 Report Posted January 22, 2009 Could this be koto or is it one of the shinto Iyekuni from Etchu? Hm, I would agree with Etchû, but would go for kotô Uda school, because the Bizen Iekuni would have signed rather with "Bishû Osafune" at prefix. But that´s just a speculation. Quote
John A Stuart Posted January 22, 2009 Report Posted January 22, 2009 Hi Markus, I read your article 'Sword Prices, Origami and Samurai Income' a couple of days ago. It was a very good article. I am sure those of the NMB who did not receive it would be anxious to read it. If it is allowed. John Quote
Markus Posted January 22, 2009 Report Posted January 22, 2009 Hi John. Yes, that´s fine. How shall we post this article? Brian? Just one thing has to be remarked: It is a translation of the written form of a german lecture I held last year for the NBTHK, so it might not be that extensive it probably could be. PS: Sorry for keeping this "at thread" and lapsing into off-topic Quote
pcfarrar Posted January 22, 2009 Author Report Posted January 22, 2009 I forgot to mention on the other side of the fold there are more kanji but these have suffered badly from rust and can't be read. It looks to be about 4 extra kanjii proceeding the Iyekuni. Quote
Markus Posted January 22, 2009 Report Posted January 22, 2009 about 4 extra kanjii proceeding the Iyekuni. So probably "Bishû Osafune"? But we might never know... Quote
pcfarrar Posted January 22, 2009 Author Report Posted January 22, 2009 The bottom half of the last kanji just about shows up on a photo. Don't think its a fune. Quote
Markus Posted January 23, 2009 Report Posted January 23, 2009 Hm, with a lot of fantasy and taking some of the rusty spots as strokes, the last character "could be" mura (村). But it is rather like reading in some of those 3d-pics. Quote
Jacques Posted January 23, 2009 Report Posted January 23, 2009 Hi, what do you think about Soshu Yasukuni 相州康国? Quote
Brian Posted January 23, 2009 Report Posted January 23, 2009 Markus, I would love to see the article! Could you perhaps email it to me? I will see if I can clean it up and make it into a pdf and upload it as an article. Sounds great. Regards, Brian Quote
pcfarrar Posted January 26, 2009 Author Report Posted January 26, 2009 what do you think about Soshu Yasukuni 相州康国? I think Markus is right with the Iyekuni. I can see where your coming from with the Soshu but it looks more like a mura :? Quote
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