ID help on a wakizashi

[kurosawa]

Was given to me by an uncle recently, just thought id get it checked out as he couldnt tell me anything other than it came from u.s about 20years ago. blade is unsigned but on closer inspection of the tsuba i found something. any help would be much appreciated.

[kurosawa]

argh sorry bout the size, wasnt sposed to be that big..but u can see the inscription on tsuba better i guess ;p

[Brian]

Hi Kurosawa,

 

Please could you sign your post with an initial and surname or vice versa, as it makes it easier to reply.

Afraid I had to give up on the pics..as being on dial up was just too much for me.

Perhaps you could resize the images and re-upload to imageshack and edit the post with the new links? You can still post the links to those larger ones if anyone wants to see them really large

I suggest around 750 width max if possible.

 

Regards,

Brian

[Ludolf Richter]

Hi Kurosawa,

the Tsuba Mei reads:Sukenaga saku.Haynes and other non-Japanese index-books don't show this artist.In a Japanes book he is listed as an artist from Bizen province without further data.My guess is that the Tsuba was made bei a swordsmith,who didn't (as usual!) use his swordsmith's name or he used different Kanji.There is no Bizen Sukenaga swordsmith with these Kanji,but some with a different 2nd character.Ludolf

[Stephen]

resized and croped. now you can see the tree from the forest

[kusunokimasahige]

just one thing, please turn the sword around on its display stand....

 

the cutting edge should not be face down.....

 

very nice wakizashi!

 

KM

[kurosawa]

Thanks guys, appreciate ur help. this is a great site.

[Stephen]

Hi Kurosawa,

 

Please could you sign your post with an initial and surname or vice versa, as it makes it easier to reply.

 

Regards,

Brian

 

K

please read the above quote