Jacques D. Posted Saturday at 12:15 PM Report Posted Saturday at 12:15 PM Yasutsugu but which generation ? Quote
KungFooey Posted Saturday at 12:45 PM Report Posted Saturday at 12:45 PM Hi Jacques! Can you post a better photo and I'll give it a try? You can't see the signature properly in this one - it's too blurry. Thanks! Dee Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted Saturday at 12:58 PM Report Posted Saturday at 12:58 PM 越前安継 Echizen Yasutsugu 南蛮鐵? Nanban tetsu? Quote
Jacques D. Posted Saturday at 01:38 PM Author Report Posted Saturday at 01:38 PM Ok, Moriyama san found it, As the chart he posted shows, each generation has its own way of engraving the Tsugu character. ps Sorry for the quality of the photo, I took it a certain time ago and I no longer have access to this sword. Quote
KungFooey Posted Saturday at 02:02 PM Report Posted Saturday at 02:02 PM I was just comparing it to this but I was too late!!! 😥 Quote
nulldevice Posted Saturday at 03:27 PM Report Posted Saturday at 03:27 PM https://nihonto.com/the-yasutsugu-school-康継系/ This link has the chart as well as good photos of various generations Quote
Jacques D. Posted Saturday at 09:18 PM Author Report Posted Saturday at 09:18 PM Another mei with the same asking. Which generation ? Quote
Jacques D. Posted Sunday at 04:22 PM Author Report Posted Sunday at 04:22 PM No one to try a guess ? Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted Sunday at 05:33 PM Report Posted Sunday at 05:33 PM For the Yasutsugu, first gen.(?) Quote
Jacques D. Posted Sunday at 07:28 PM Author Report Posted Sunday at 07:28 PM 1 hour ago, Bugyotsuji said: For the Yasutsugu, first gen.(?) Yes. Quote
nulldevice Posted Sunday at 09:37 PM Report Posted Sunday at 09:37 PM On 12/14/2024 at 2:18 PM, Jacques D. said: Another mei with the same asking. Which generation ? I'd guess Omi No Kami Tadatsuna (1st Gen) My reasoning is it looks like the 1st gen Tadatsuna and the 2nd gen (Asai) both split the Tsuna kanji, but the 1st gen Mei examples I can find seem to have more triangular shaped "punch" like strokes on the small lines of the kanji where the 2nd gen looks to have slightly longer lines if that makes sense. Quote
Jacques D. Posted Monday at 10:12 AM Author Report Posted Monday at 10:12 AM This is the shodai but that's not where the difference lies I put a mei of the nidai so that you can try to find it. Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted Monday at 11:30 AM Report Posted Monday at 11:30 AM The 岡 part of tsuna 綱 is completely different. Quote
Jacques D. Posted Monday at 05:01 PM Author Report Posted Monday at 05:01 PM My bad, i choosed a wrong example which is a later work just before changing his mei to Ikkanshi The correct one Quote
Jacques D. Posted yesterday at 08:45 AM Author Report Posted yesterday at 08:45 AM Still no one ? unless three people try, I'll keep the answer to myself. Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted yesterday at 09:21 AM Report Posted yesterday at 09:21 AM Now I am confused. Which photos are we supposed to be comparing? Quote
Nihonto student Posted yesterday at 10:02 AM Report Posted yesterday at 10:02 AM Different symmetry of "Tada"? Shodai Nidai Quote
Jacques D. Posted 19 hours ago Author Report Posted 19 hours ago 8 hours ago, Bugyotsuji said: Now I am confused. Which photos are we supposed to be comparing? the first (Omi no kami Tadatsuna) and the last i posted (with the classicla tsuna) Quote
Tcat Posted 8 hours ago Report Posted 8 hours ago Hi, is it the rendering of 近 in 近江？ They look quite different. Quote
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