Oya Kunisada? Project wak from the neighborhood

[tokashikibob]

   Got a call from the bunker downtown to look at a couple swords that dropped in.   One was a common army parade, but the beat up wak may be a legit Oya Kunisada.   Mei kinda looks like a couple in Sesko's meikan from the early 1630's.   Anyway who knows.   The blade under all the age staining looks to be flaw free.    

 

   Tsuba is signed but cannot make heads or tails from the signature or if it is noteworthy in any tsuba characteristic collectors notice. 

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Best regards,

  Bob

[SteveM]

Tsuba is 正阿弥　重信　(Shōami Shigenobu). 

 

Probably Aizu Shōami Shigenobu. Mid-to-late Edo. 

[Jacques]

It would have been Oya kunisada if it wasn't a gimei

[tokashikibob]

8 hours ago, Jacques D. said:

It would have been Oya kunisada if it wasn't a gimei

Thanks,   Jacques!   The chiseler for the gimei had better looking kanji than Oya himself!

[tokashikibob]

23 hours ago, SteveM said:

Tsuba is 正阿弥　重信　(Shōami Shigenobu). 

 

Probably Aizu Shōami Shigenobu. Mid-to-late Edo. 

Thanks for the taking the time to translate for me Steve!   Appreciate it!  

[Jacques]

3 hours ago, tokashikibob said:

Thanks,   Jacques!   The chiseler for the gimei had better looking kanji than Oya himself!

I don't think so.

 

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