DIFFICULT WAKIZASHI MEI

[Bazza]

Dear All,

It's embarrassing to admit I can't read all of this mei and I would be grateful for assistance or opinions. The sword belongs to a good friend who is not a Nihontophile, but does love them. I'm always happy to help him. I first read this mei off the top of my head as NOSHU JU FUJIWARA HISAHIRO. Hawley doesn't yield any Hisahiro working in Noshu, so I looked at the Kuni kanji again and it most certainly is not NO-SHU. It is one of the most poorly written mei I have ever seen and I believe it now reads ? SHU JU FUJIWARA HISA HIRO - but maybe not HIRO since there is a paucity in Hawley??? I don't have the sword in my possession and this is the only image I have. If it is inadequate I will get a better picture.

 

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/2492/hisahiro1.jpg

 

With thanks

Barry Thomas.

[Nobody]

Maybe ......

 

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藝州住藤原冬廣 (Gei-shu ju Fujiwara Fuyuhiro)

 

[John A Stuart]

Hi, Moses Becerra has a sword by this smith. Here is the information he provides.

FUYUHIRO WAKASA NO KAMI [TENSHÔ 1573 WAKASA] SUEKOTÔ CHÛSAKU

Called Takahashi Gorôzaemonnojô, he is the Fuyujurô of Keichô Tsuchinoe‑Inu (1598), and he also produced in Geishû.

John

[Nobody]

BTW, there were several generations of Geishu Fuyuhiro until Kansei era (寛政).

[Bazza]

  Nobody said:

BTW, there were several generations of Geishu Fuyuhiro until Kansei era (寛政).

Koichi san, John san, Nobody san, thanks blokes. I will have to work harder... I missed the two strokes that make FUYU and I should have been able get GEI- if I'd persisted. Practice makes perfect. I'm very grateful to you both for the feedback. I've only seen one FUYUHIRO so I am not so familiar with the kanji. It's a continuing work, this Nihonto study.

 

Best regards,

Barry Thomas.