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[Tom Clancy]

Could someone just confirm this signature please

Tom.

[Stephen]

what do you think it is Tom?

[Tom Clancy]

Yasu Haru - do you agree?

Tom.

[Bugyotsuji]

  Tom Clancy said:

Yasu Haru - do you agree?

Tom.

 

Not quite... :|

[Tom Clancy]

Hi

What would be your translation

Tom

[Bugyotsuji]

  Tom Clancy said:

Hi

What would be your translation

Tom

 

Tom, the name's in katakana, = Yoshiharu (so you were close!)

[Tom Clancy]

Hi Piers

I would appreciate any more info if you have any.

 

Tom.

[Bugyotsuji]

Hi Tom. Apologies. I think it says Chikushi 筑紫 a place in Fukuoka, Kyushu.

[Tom Clancy]

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.

[Tom Clancy]

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.

Tom.

[Tom Clancy]

Can anyone help me regarding this matter or should I now close.

Best Regards

Tom

[SwordGuyJoe]

There was a Minamoto Yoshiharu forging in Showa, but I doubt it's your guy. Here is a link to his signature http://home.earthlink.net/~ttstein/yoshharu.jpg from Dr. Stein's Oshigata page (very helpful when away from references! http://home.earthlink.net/~ttstein/index.htm). If it is a problem posting link, please remove and accept my most humble apologies.

[Tom Clancy]

Hi Joe

Thanks for that. I did find the Minamoto Yoshiharu but the tangs are stamped.

 

again

Regards

Tom,

[SwordGuyJoe]

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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.

[Tom Clancy]

Thanks for everything Joe.

Best wishes.

Tom.