Extremely hard to read Wakizashi signature..*!LARGE PICS!*

[YukouYukimura]

I hope someone can help me with this piece! I believe it is a very old blade.. But my knowledge is extremely limited as I am just getting into collecting these beautiful pieces of art. Any information you can give me on it would be of great help. I will take better pics tomorrow in the sunlight. I took 35 pictures of this blade and none of them do it justice.. I would wait and make this post tomorrow.. but I've had this sword for a couple months now and It's really bugging me that I can't read the signature. :|

 

 

I have more pics uploaded on photobucket, heres the link:

 

http://s443.photobucket.com/albums/qq154/sok3t/Wakizashi/

[Mark]

maybe SoShu Ju Masahisa

[John A Stuart]

Maybe 'Soshu ju ... hisa. John

 

Ah, Mark you are already ahead of me. I have trouble with the one character.

[Mark Green]

I would say that's likely it guys.

'Soshu ju Masahisa' Sagami 1532 15 pt in Hawley's

Good looking Sword!

mark G

[YukouYukimura]

Thank you everyone for the information! I'm glad I finally know the smiths name. I am glad I found these forums, this is a great community!

[John A Stuart]

Hi YY, It would be nice to see the whole sword, if you have a sec. John

[YukouYukimura]

Yes, I will take pictures of the whole sword tomorrow in the sunlight. I tried tonight, but I just couldn't get a good one.

 

I have one question for the information you provided Mark Green, what does the "15 pt in Hawley's" mean? I don't understand how the points work with that set of reference books.

 

Thank you all again!

[Jean]

http://www.nihonto.ca/ratings.html

[YukouYukimura]

Thank you Jean!

 

It's incredible how much I've learned from being on this forum already... It's addicting!

[YukouYukimura]

 

 

 

These are the pictures of the blade you all helped me with! Thank you!!

 

The rest of the pictures I took can be found in the same place:

http://s443.photobucket.com/albums/qq154/sok3t/Wakizashi/

[loiner1965]

nice looking sword....does the hamon run the full length of the sword as its hard to see in the pics....it looks close to the ha in places

[YukouYukimura]

Yes, the hamon runs the full length of the blade, on both sides. It is a very odd hamon, from the blades I've seen and yes it is close to the HA. The boshi is nearly indistinguishable unfortunately, on one side of the blade I can almost make out KOMARU, or a OMARU.

 

If anyone has any tips on taking better pictures of swords.. I'd appreciate it. I see some people take beautiful very large pictures of their entire swords like on Aoi Art.. I can't help but wonder how they do it!

 

Thank you everyone!