Take yasu?

[Bruce Pennington]

I have a real tough time with the cursive style mei.  I feel good about the "Take..." but not about the "yasu".  For the stamps guys - "883" on the nakago.  Stainless blade in kaigunto fittings.

 

Appreciate the help, guys! Thanks as always.

 

[Bugyotsuji]

武孝 Takéyuki (or Takétaka) have you tried, Bruce?

[Bruce Pennington]

  On 8/17/2023 at 12:45 PM, Bugyotsuji said:

武孝 Takéyuki

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Thanks Piers!  Japaneseswordindex.com is my primary source and they only have "printed" not "cursive" kanji, and "幸" is what they have for yuki.  I don't have a reference to search for cursive kanji.

[Bugyotsuji]

  On 8/17/2023 at 12:53 PM, Bruce Pennington said:

Thanks Piers!  Japaneseswordindex.com is my primary source and they only have "printed" not "cursive" kanji, and "幸" is what they have for yuki.  I don't have a reference to search for cursive kanji.

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No problems Bruce. I fed that 孝 Kanji as ‘Kō’ into the system expecting alternative ‘Taka’, but it can also be read ‘Yuki’, apparently.

[Bruce Pennington]

Sesko doesn't list either version, so it's anyone's guess between the two, I suppose.

[Bugyotsuji]

https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=武孝+銘　読み方&client=safari&sca_esv=557782243&hl=en-gb&ei=Th3eZISPCe6vhbIP_dKYIA&oq=武孝+銘　読み方&gs_lp=EhNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwIhbmrablrZ0g6YqY44CA6Kqt44G_5pa5SNwzUJoJWP0ucAJ4AZABAZgBYKABygaqAQIxMrgBA8gBAPgBAcICChAAGEcY1gQYsAPCAgIQKcICBRAhGKABwgIFEAAYogTCAgQQIRgVwgIHECEYoAEYCuIDBBgAIEGIBgGQBgo&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp#vhid=Y_5KQPM201sI0M&vssid=l

[Bugyotsuji]

https://aucview.aucf...om/yahoo/w145131855/

 

Here’s a navy blade with the same Mei.

[Bruce Pennington]

  On 8/17/2023 at 1:19 PM, Bugyotsuji said:

Here’s a navy blade with the same Mei.

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Good one!  When I hit the translate button, it comes out Taketaka.  Hmmm.

[uwe]

  On 8/17/2023 at 12:53 PM, Bruce Pennington said:

Thanks Piers!  Japaneseswordindex.com is my primary source and they only have "printed" not "cursive" kanji, and "幸" is what they have for yuki.  I don't have a reference to search for cursive kanji.

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Hi Bruce,

 

Markus listed cursive variants of kanji in his “Nihonto Compendium”! 
Quite helpful some times….

[Bruce Pennington]

  On 8/18/2023 at 5:42 AM, uwe said:

“Nihonto Compendium”! 

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Ok, just ordered one, thanks Uwe!

[Stephen]

[Stephen]

[uwe]

Dobrée has nice kanji tables 👍

[Kiipu]

Attention all hands!  At the top of the page below the banner, click on Nihonto Info and then click on Research.  Clicking on the last entry will yield Sesko's Compendium.

[Bruce Pennington]

Thanks Thomas!  I needed a "Wow" "Thanks" and "Love it" emoji for that one!

[Bruce Pennington]

An update:  Asked Mal Cox if he could clarify the yuki vs taka question.  He checked with his exert advisor (wife!) who says this kanji would be read as "taka".  So, taketaka it shall be!  

 

Thanks to all for the help.

[Kiipu]

I ran across another 武孝 and below is the link.

Sword questions (added pics)

@mecox