Estate Found Sword Bizen Sukemistu Eishyo

[Walter H]

Thank You In Advance;  Found This Sword With Documentation. Found Your Site By Searching For Hakusui Inami Swords. Any Help Would Be Helpful

[Stephen]

Nice package where did Hakusui Inami come in?

[Walter H]

8 minutes ago, Stephen said:

Nice package where did Hakusui Inami come in?

Right edge of Document

[Stephen]

Missed it proper orientation 

[Walter H]

8 minutes ago, Stephen said:

Missed it proper orientation 

 

[Walter H]

Thanks I Noticed It When I Looked To reply. 

[Rivkin]

Very hard to say anything without seeing details of the work and overall shape (its too distorted when photographed from one of the ends, the camera needs to be in the middle).

Fittings are good. Habaki is quality end of Edo or Meiji, kozuka is upper grade (waki Goto?) end of Edo.

[Ray Singer]

While it is correct that the papers attribute to Sukemitsu, the blade is not signed Sukemitsu. 

 

Mei: Bishu Osafune ___ (suriage) 

Nengo: Eisho gannen ___ (suriage) 

[Ray Singer]

Fuchi is not totally clear but I believe it is signed by Inoue Mototsune, carved at the age of 88..

[Walter H]

Few more photos

[Rivkin]

Need boshi and details of the hamon. Sugata can in principle be Eisho. So far nothing overly concerning, might be a genuine package.

[Walter H]

More photos

[Walter H]

The total length of the blade is 28 1/16"

[Rivkin]

Looks good. Can be Sukesada, can be other names, but does appear to be genuine late Muromachi Bizen blade, the signature is most likely ok.

[PNSSHOGUN]

There is a distinct mark of quality about everything here, great find.

[rgus48]

It just screams quality.   What a beauty

 

[Ooitame]

All around looks great!

[DTM72]

On 1/27/2024 at 2:37 PM, Ray Singer said:

While it is correct that the papers attribute to Sukemitsu, the blade is not signed Sukemitsu. 

 

Mei: Bishu Osafune ___ (suriage) 

Nengo: Eisho gannen ___ (suriage) 

 

Ray translated correctly something that I see quite often. May be a big deal, may not, I just strive for correctness. This particular sword is signed Bishu but the papers say Bizen in kanji and in English. Beautiful wakizashi though and great overall package.

 

備州

Bishû

 

備前

Bizen

[DoTanuki yokai]

Yea the paper also says „Bizen KUNI“ what is not written on the tang. 
Maybe the paper is not for that blade ? 
Is there something you can check if it fits the sword like Nagasa, I’m not familiar with these papers. 

[Ray Singer]

19 minutes ago, DoTanuki yokai said:

Maybe the paper is not for that blade ? 

 

Bishu refers to Bizen (the more formal way of referring to the province). This is not suspicious in any way. 

 

Bishu can also be seen used for Mihara blades in adjacent Bingo province. 

[DoTanuki yokai]

I just wonder because the NBTHK uses exactly what is written on the Tang on the papers. 
Is there something that connects the paper with the sword without doubt ? 

[Ray Singer]

The paper has a nagasa of 1 shaku 8 sun 4 bu.

[Kiipu]

On 1/27/2024 at 10:43 AM, Walter H said:

Found This Sword With Documentation.

 

Kantei Hakusui 鑑定白水 [Seal of] Kantei Hakusui

Kantei-sho 鑑定書 Certificate of Appraisal

 

Tōkō-mei 刀工名 Name of swordsmith

　Jidai 時代 era/period: 前 before

　Nagasa 長サ length of blade: 尺寸分

 

Oshigata 押形

　PROVINCE

　MAKER’S NAME

　ERA

 

右正眞也ト相認メ申候也

　昭和年月日

　Nihontō Kenkyū Hakusuikai Kaichō 日本刀研究白水會會長 President of the Hakusui Sword Society of Japan

　Signed: Inami Hakusui 伊波･白水 [kao]

[Kiipu]

Another Inami kantei-sho, which helped with the translation above, can be seen at the link below.  Special acknowledgements to Geoff & Guy over at WRF.

Help with Old Tanto and Papers

[SteveM]

Filling in the blanks.

 

時代永正裏頃の四百三十年前　　　(must be 頃 but looks odd)

 

長サ壱尺八寸四分半

1 shaku, 8 sun, 4.5 bu

 

Date

昭和弐拾七年拾月七日

October 7th, 1952

 

If anyone has Inami Hakusui's birth and death dates (years) I would appreciate it if you could share them. Been looking for them and can't find them.