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Hi Piers

Thanks for that. I assume that is where the sword was made or maybe his hometown.I have found a minamoto yoshiharu but the tangs are stamped. Do you know if there was a smith by the same name working earlier than the 30s 40s.

Thanks again.

Tom.

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Just to go back to this subject, could anyone explain the reason some tangs are signed in katakana. Also if anybody had information regarding this smith it would be very much appreciated.

:thanks:

Tom.

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but the tangs are stamped

 

I would say it's not your guy because of the radical deviation from one mei to the other, not stamped or no stamp. There are many smiths whose blades received stamps as well as those that didn't - Kanezane is a good example.

 

Even comparing mei could prove to point you in the wrong direction, with students, professional mei cutters, and the smiths carving mei, certainly there are differences.

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