Samoji mei

[DirkO]

Hi,

 

This is currently for sale on eBay and I thought I'd have a go at the translation.

 

Here are my two guesses (not sure of the last kanji) I already mirrored the pic of the nakago.

 

和州住兼忠

和州住兼家

 

 

 

So either Kanetada or Kaneie.

Aynone care to enlighten me? I also thought samoji mei was rare as in only KANEYASU SA MUTSU and KANEYASU MIGI MUTSU used it ?

[Toryu2020]

Zan my friend,

Count the number of strokes in your Kane and then count the number of strokes in kanji number 5 and you may want to look again for another candidate...

-t

[Toryu2020]

Sorry, Dirk...

[DirkO]

No problem,Thomas. I already thought the bottom 2 strokes of the kanji didn't fit, but lack of a better kanji led me to KANE.

 

So maybe lets start at the beginning : counting strokes

 

Kanji #4 : 10 strokes ? (Kane is still my best guess )

Kanji #5 : 8 strokes ?

 

First I need to get the strokecount right, then I'll try and hunt down the correct kanji.

[Jacques D.]

Hi,

 

I would say Washu ju Yoshitada 和州住義忠

[DirkO]

Merci bien, Jacques !

 

Although I considered 義 I never thought I'd be 3 strokes off in my count

I'm glad I got "tada" right. But still it was a good lesson - I got 4 out of 5.

 

Can you maybe tell me how you count 13 strokes in the picture, I can only see 11 at best ?

 

here's an example to compare it with

 

[Toryu2020]

Well I counted eleven,

and even without those two strokes it seemed clear he was going for yoshi - 4 out of 5 is a great start and how we all have to do it...

-t