Signature identify

[Bosco]

Hi,

 

i tried to translate it but no hope. All I got is 平盛国. Any information on this Nihonto ?

 

https://ibb.co/4RMJJDm1
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[Nihonto student]

Dear Minh,

 

the translation is Taira Morikuni, no time to check but given the signature:
School: Taira Takada
Period: Muromachi (Second half to late),
Province: Bungo
Generally the Muromachi Bungo blades have Taira writing, while the later blades Fujiwara.

 

All the best

 

Giordy

[Bosco]

9 minutes ago, Nihonto student said:

Dear Minh,

 

the translation is Taira Morikuni, no time to check but given the signature:
School: Taira Takada
Period: Muromachi (Second half to late),
Province: Bungo
Generally the Muromachi Bungo blades have Taira writing, while the later blades Fujiwara.

 

All the best

 

Giordy

Thank you Giordy

I have been looking at nihontoclub for signature but couldn’t find anything similar to this. Do you have any more info of this smith ?

 

Bosco

[Nihonto student]

I didn't find anything about it except a Morikuni mentioned on Shoshin https://www.sho-shin.com/sai13.htm in the Eisho period, but in my library I don't have much on Bungo maybe someone else in the forum has more references... in any case some photos of the sugata and closeup on hamon/ hada would be useful maybe to contextualize it better,  it doesn't seem like a target for Gimei, although anything is possible, it might simply not be listed.

 

Giordy

[Jussi Ekholm]

I think Giordy is spot on.

 

The smith 盛国 Morikuni from Bungo province is not listed anywhere that I am aware of (Bungo book, Nihontō Meikan). So most likely unlisted smith or forged signature. There is smith 守国 Morikuni from Bungo province. I believe this is the one that Sho-shin site features. It is often difficult when only romanization of the name is featured without the kanji as there are some times several possibilities.

 

盛国 Morikuni as a name is most commonly associated to Kongōbyōe smith from Chikuzen province.

[Nihonto student]

1 hour ago, Jussi Ekholm said:

I think Giordy is spot on.

 

The smith 盛国 Morikuni from Bungo province is not listed anywhere that I am aware of (Bungo book, Nihontō Meikan). So most likely unlisted smith or forged signature. There is smith 守国 Morikuni from Bungo province. I believe this is the one that Sho-shin site features. It is often difficult when only romanization of the name is featured without the kanji as there are some times several possibilities.

 

盛国 Morikuni as a name is most commonly associated to Kongōbyōe smith from Chikuzen province.

 

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