Juyo token sayagaki (Kencho)

[giuseppepiva]

Hello everyone.

I am finalising my new catalog and I just realised that a sword wihch will be published has a sayagaki which I forgot to photograph and translate. I get the 重要刀剣　備前国兼長　(Juyo Token Bizen kuni Kencho) of course, but not the rest...

Any help on this would be really helpful, as all the rest of the catalogue is finished.

Thank you in advance!

Giuseppe 

[SteveM]

Throwing this out. Missing a couple of bits. 

Appraisal from Hon'ami Nisshū. I think you can get the date and length and the bottom bit. It is/was the family heirloom of the Okumura family. 

 

重要刀釼
備前國兼長

奥村家重寶一

昭和丁未歳彌生上浣研上囗記之
本阿彌日洲

長サ貮尺参寸参分有之

時代貞治之頃
磨上無銘也

 

 

[giuseppepiva]

Thank you so much Steve. You have been very helpful. 
Giuseppe 

[Nobody]

13 hours ago, SteveM said:

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1. 重要刀釼
2. 備前國兼長

3. 奥村家重寶一

4. 昭和丁未歳彌生上浣研上囗記之
5. 本阿彌日洲

6. 長サ貮尺参寸参分有之

7. 時代貞治之頃
8. 磨上無銘也

 

 

 

Allow me a little correction.

3. 奥村家重寶之一 - One of treasured items of Okumura family

4. 昭和丁未歳彌生上浣研上供記之 - Showa Hinoto-Hitsuji no toshi (1967), early in March, polished and write this.

6. 長サ貮尺参寸貳分有之 - Length: 2-shaku, 3-sun, 2-bu

[giuseppepiva]

Thank you so much Moriyama san.

I have had another sword with Nissho's sayagaki but written almost 30 years later than this. Somehow his writing became much more readable when he grew old