YOKOYAMA SUKENAGA?

[Itomagoi]

Hello,

can you please help me with the full translation of this mei? Thank you!

[Shugyosha]

Hi Peter,

Yes - Yokoyama Sukenaga:

 

横山加賀介藤原朝臣祐永 - Yokoyama Kaga (no) suke Fujiwara ason Sukenaga

天保十二年二月日 - Tenpo juni nen, ni gatsu hi - a day in February in the 12th year of Tenpo (1841)

備前長船住 - Bizen Osafune ju - residing at Osafune in Bizen

友成五十六代孫 - Tomonari gojuroku dai mago - 56th generation grandchild of Tomonari

[Itomagoi]

Thank you, John. Very nice, but I think it's Gimei.

[Volker62]

nice Peter

[Jacques D.]

Never seen a Yokoyama Sukenaga with a tachi mei, and at this time he inscribed kikumon ichi on his nakago

https://www.touken-s...2/K-sukenaga-01.html

https://www.sanmei.c...31085_S5216_PUP.html

[Itomagoi]

I agree with you.

[Nobody]

On 1/24/2025 at 8:07 PM, Jacques D. said:

Never seen a Yokoyama Sukenaga with a tachi mei, and at this time he inscribed kikumon ichi on his nakago

https://www.touken-s...2/K-sukenaga-01.html

https://www.sanmei.c...31085_S5216_PUP.html

 

I found another tachi mei, though the image is not fine.

 

 

[Jacques D.]

Many thanks Moriyama san, is it papered ?

[Nobody]

34 minutes ago, Jacques D. said:

Many thanks Moriyama san, is it papered ?

 

Blade length is 93.2 cm. Other details are unknown.

Ref. 太刀銘　横山加賀介藤原朝臣祐永 – 津木美術コレクション

[Jacques D.]

 

I found also this one which is papered but also with a kikumon (I don't own this book : Showa token mei mono Chiyo). This doesn't prevent this sword from being gimei, especially when you look at the quality of the engraving.

https://www.nipponto...swords3/NT327636.htm

[Alex A]

Thanks Moriyama San

 

Proof that something can exist even if some folks with their head stuck in brackets assume cant.

 

Always exceptions, as some of us are aware.

[Jacques D.]

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Proof that something can exist even if some folks with their head stuck in brackets assume cant.

He's one train behind