paul alex Posted September 26, 2023 Report Posted September 26, 2023 (edited) I've been researching this as bitchu kuni ietsugu it appears there's quite a few ietsugu's so I thought it would be wise to check with you guys .thanks Edited September 26, 2023 by paul alex Forgot the picture Quote
tbonesullivan Posted September 26, 2023 Report Posted September 26, 2023 備中國家次 looks to be correct. How many did you find working in Bitchū province? 1 Quote
paul alex Posted September 26, 2023 Author Report Posted September 26, 2023 5 minutes ago, tbonesullivan said: 備中國家次 looks to be correct. How many did you find working in Bitchū province? 3 but they were active in 1300.im not sure the blade is that old.gimei maybe?.thanks Quote
tbonesullivan Posted September 26, 2023 Report Posted September 26, 2023 15 minutes ago, paul alex said: 3 but they were active in 1300.im not sure the blade is that old.gimei maybe?.thanks Do you have any pictures of the entire blade, and the entire tang? Examination of the tang for the yasurime file marks as well as the tagane and tagane-makura can help to determine the age of a blade. Quote
paul alex Posted September 26, 2023 Author Report Posted September 26, 2023 7 minutes ago, tbonesullivan said: Do you have any pictures of the entire blade, and the entire tang? Examination of the tang for the yasurime file marks as well as the tagane and tagane-makura can help to determine the age of a blade. Quote
AlexiG Posted September 27, 2023 Report Posted September 27, 2023 Hawley list 10 Ietsugu (he spells it Iyetsugu) from Bitchu. Abbr rating Peak period IYE355 80 1213-19 IYE356 20 1234 IYE357 20 1347 IYE358 90 1362-69 IYE359 60 1375-94 IYE360 35 1346-69 IYE361 20 1394 IYE362 65 1452-90 IYE363 30 1452 IYE364 15 1525 He lists the signature 備中國家次 for IYE 363 and IYE361, but in my experience his signature lists are not exhaustive, e.g. others form the list above may have used the gojimei 備中國家次. I hope this is useful Alexi 1 Quote
paul alex Posted September 27, 2023 Author Report Posted September 27, 2023 2 hours ago, AlexiG said: Hawley list 10 Ietsugu (he spells it Iyetsugu) from Bitchu. Abbr rating Peak period IYE355 80 1213-19 IYE356 20 1234 IYE357 20 1347 IYE358 90 1362-69 IYE359 60 1375-94 IYE360 35 1346-69 IYE361 20 1394 IYE362 65 1452-90 IYE363 30 1452 IYE364 15 1525 He lists the signature 備中國家次 for IYE 363 and IYE361, but in my experience his signature lists are not exhaustive, e.g. others form the list above may have used the gojimei 備中國家次. I hope this is useful Alexi Thanks Alexi there's a few there I have not seen I've seen iyetsugu and thought it could be ietsugu of the 3 smiths I found iye358 signed with small mei I think the mei on my blade is quite small.its a shame the blade is out of polish and not revealing any more info.this is the first translation I've got right and no one's said gimei so a good day for me.thanks again for you help Quote
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