Browntrout, second tang Mei

[browntrout]

[Ray Singer]

My best guess is. 

 

越前__康継入道

 

Echizen __ Yasutsugu Nyudo 

 

[browntrout]

Your best guess is FAR beyond my abilities, so thank you! I will work with it. You are a scholar and gentleman Ray, thank you. Greg. 

[browntrout]

Maybe: 

 

YAS975YasutsuguMusashi Kanei (1624-1644) 

康繼入道作

yasutsugu nyudō saku

YAS975YasutsuguMusashi Kanei (1624-1644) 

康繼入道於武州江戸造作

yasutsugu nyudō oite bushū edo tsukuru kore

[browntrout]

Mei	於武州江戸越前康継 oite bushū edo echizen yasutsugu [金象嵌] 二ツ筒落 中川左平太 (花押) [kinzogan] ... nakagawa saheita (kao)
Type	Katana	Tsukurikomi	Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm)	75.95	Sori (cm)	1.6
Moto-haba (cm)	3.15	Saki-haba (cm)	2.4
Moto-kasane (cm)	0.7	Saki-kasane (cm)	0.6
Mekugi	1	Nakago	Ubu

Attribution

Smith	Yasutsugu	School	Shimosaka
Period	Momoyama (1570-1615)	Year

[PNSSHOGUN]

We would need to see further photos of the sword to determine if the blade matches up with the style of the smith.

[browntrout]

PNSSHOGUN, thank you for your comment. The images I received from my colleague are not the best, but I will post them here for your initial look. If you would like to request specific images, I will ask for them. I consider myself a neophyte at Swords, just know a bit more than the average citizen due to my work, thanks, a few courses, etc..., but need to handle a lot more, and be with people who know even more so, thank you, Greg. 

 

P.S., I am not sure how to post multiples of images, so I will do my best here, but it might require several postings... GCB. 

 

P.P.S., I have more images, but do not believe there are any that are of any importance, other than these right now.