5 Kanji Mei Translation Please

[BRUNROX]

Greetings! After a couple of weeks trying to decipher the Kanji symbols on this Mei, I give up. Tried counting strokes, tried John Slough's to see if I could find anything similar, but no luck. So here I am again asking for some help. It

happens to be one of the nicest Guntos I've come across ,cosmetically speaking, seems like it never saw battle. The blade

has a nice Hamon, and tang does have a Seki stamp. I'm guessing first Kanji is "No" and last one "Saku". Any help given is greatly appreciated. Regards, Mario P.

[Stephen]

hint first part of last name is Masa

[BRUNROX]

Hi Stephen, would it be Masa Hiro ??? Mario P.

[Mark]

Masachika or maybe masanobu (saku)

[cspage]

Not being at all conversant with kanji, but having a nifty Mei Character Table from Blade Shark, I would vote for Masanobu, for what it's worth.

 

Colin

[BRUNROX]

Greetings! Looks like you are narrowing it down, both of these names appear in Slough's, what would the first two Kanji

translate to? Thanks. Regards, Mario P.

[k morita]

Hi,

 

The mei is;

Watanabe MasaNobu saku,( 渡辺 正延 作).

Seki smith.

 

k morita

[BRUNROX]

Thank you very much Morita san, Colin, Mark and Stephen. Unfortunately I can not find any information on this smith. I appreciate all your help. Best Regards, mario P.