Kajihei fake???

[wakiboy]

Dear members 

A friend asked me to read a Mei for him which he was struggling with.

I read this as “Ju Toeizan Shinobigaoka no Hotori Ko Nyudo” which I believe is a late Mei of Kotetsu. 
Unfortunately I am unable to find any examples of this Mei. 
On studying the Mei it appears to be very thickly struck but most of the Kotetsu Mei I found are thinner in comparison.

is there a possibility that this is a “Kajihei” fake?

Any information is appreciated.

Many thanks

Ian

 

 

[Ray Singer]

I don't know that Kajihei is responsible, but this does not appear to be an authentic inscription for Kotetsu. 

 

Best regards, 

Ray 

[Bruce Pennington]

I have several cut test mei of Hisahide, over 3 decades, and the kao on this one is pretty crude in comparison and innaccurate in places.

 

1668                                                              1675                                                           1686

    

[DoTanuki yokai]

I think most kajihei works simply paper as what he tried to copy 

[ckaiserca]

3 hours ago, Bruce Pennington said:

I have several cut test mei of Hisahide, over 3 decades, and the kao on this one is pretty crude in comparison and innaccurate in places.

I was thinking that it looked like someone went at that Nakago with a gold paint marker...

[Bruce Pennington]

9 minutes ago, ckaiserca said:

gold paint marker..

Oh, I think you're right!  The horizontal lines in the gold kanji match up with the horizontal yasurime!

[vajo]

Charles and Bruce are right. Its painted.  incredible.

 

 

Btw:

Bruce the yasurime lines are ok when you see it in the inscription. The inscription is made after the yasurime. The round edges is the point what makes me nervous. 

 

Her is an original cutting test signature.

 

 

you can see the difference and the parts where the gold falls out.

[DoTanuki yokai]

It’s inlaid and filed on surface level with the Nakago, what is normal. 
 

the picture shows that some of the inlay fell out 

[Jacques]

No need to check oshigata, this mei is a bad counterfeit which makes the Kajihei option invalid.

[wakiboy]

Thanks everyone for your opinions, does anyone know of any pictures/oshigata for the Mei “Ko Nyudo” as mentioned in Sesko’s book?

Ian

[Nobody]

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[Bruce Pennington]

9 hours ago, DoTanuki yokai said:

It’s inlaid and filed on surface level with the Nakago, what is normal. 
 

the picture shows that some of the inlay fell out 

Dang, you're right Christian!

[Mikaveli]

On 11/7/2023 at 1:06 PM, wakiboy said:

 

Aside from the gold paint marker, the inscription doesn't appear to have been written by a native speaker of Japanese (or any country with Kanji).

 

When a westerner copies a character like 山 they tend to see 4 lines, and draw 4 lines. Without knowing the typical number of strokes used, the result is far from convincing.