Tamba no Kami Yoshimichi

[DirkO]

Hi,

 

I have this Mishina blade. It is signed Tamba no Kami Yoshimichi. It displays a nice sudare-ba/kikusui-ha. But the Kami kanji as well as the absence of a kiku mon lead me to Osaka-Tamba, whereas the yakidashi is Kyo-yakidashi.

I've discussed this with several people but it still doesn't sit right with me. So I'm trying to place this Yoshimichi, any ideas ? I've included some pics of the mei + blade. It needs a good polish (some rust developping here and there), but this is what it looks like after some carefull uchiko-ing.

 

 

[leo]

Hi, Dirk,

 

as you already said, absence of kiku and the signature make it, in my opinion, clear it´s an Osaka Tanba (wakizashi?). Anyway this looks like a really pretty blade worthwhile polishing

 

I love the mishina blades myself and have 3 Yoshimichis in my collection(katana, wakizashi, tanto, two 2nd and one 3rd gen.), but all are Kyo-Tanbas, so I cannot compare the signature to get an idea about the generation.

But if the sudare ba style development is similar that of the Kyo-Tanbas, you might say this:

The more flamboyant and pretentious the sudare ba is, the later the generation.

 

Off course there are always exceptions.

 

If I find something more precise, I´ll let you know.

 

Regards, Martin