Gimei?

[uwe]

"Stumbled" over a waki in a friends living room and couldn't resist to remove the tsuka. What surprisingly showed up was "和泉守来金道"

(Izumi no Kami Rai Kinmichi)

 

 

 

I have my doubts, so may I ask what do you think about this mei….gimei or could it be shoshin 

 

 

[John C]

Not sure it will help with authentication, however I have a similar one on file for comparison.

 

John C.

[Bruce Pennington]

I have 5 Kinmichi on file and their mei varies a bit on each one.  But they are WWII blades whereas this one looks much older.

[uwe]

Yes, 

it’s older, Bruce. There were 5 generations starting 1596 till 1764. From the second generation onwards they signed that way, but I thought with a chrysanthemum??

[John C]

2 hours ago, uwe said:

From the second generation onwards they signed that way, but I thought with a chrysanthemum?

The mei with chrysanthemum seems to be quite different. Here are a couple of examples, however not authenticated.

 

John C.

[Jacques D.]

I'm afraid it's gimei,  kanji kami and Rai are different for the 4 generations

 

John

Number 2 and 3 are not from the same lineage mei reads : Iga no kami fujiwara Kinmichi

 

picture attached  yondai rai Kinmichi (Tokuho)

[uwe]

Thanks a lot guys 🙏

I had already considered gimei….unfortunately.