David McDonald Posted February 9, 2011 Report Posted February 9, 2011 Dear All I am trying to translate a signature from a blade dated Showa ju hachi nen -- 1943 Below is what I think I know so far 日 向Hyuga province 都(To, tsu, kuni, miyako) ? 住ju 井上Inoue 善?Yoshi 友 Tomo 作saku If thing go well there should be an image attached. Seems to be a unrecord smith who might be related to Yoshihira a Hyuga smith worked 1930 to 1970 (hawley YOS1303, Toko Taikan p762). Any help would be great. later david Quote
george trotter Posted February 9, 2011 Report Posted February 9, 2011 Hi David, had a quick glance through the books...found nothing. But, on Ohmura's site is a list (Sho17-19)of RJT and other WWII tosho. Listed under average/general smith section is Inoue Yoshitomo...your guy. He is from Miyazaki....not an RJT it seems. That's about it. I will let you know if I find any more. At least you know that much...I still know nothing about my Showa tosho Shigekuni. Regards, George. Quote
cabowen Posted February 9, 2011 Report Posted February 9, 2011 While I too have found nothing after a quick look through the usual sources, I would hazard a guess that this smith trained under Kawashima Tadayoshi in Shimane. Most of his students took the rather rare (for smith names) form of yoshi as the first kanji in their names.... Quote
David McDonald Posted February 10, 2011 Author Report Posted February 10, 2011 Dear Morita, Chris and George Great information. Thanks George I tried to find the page on Ohmura’s site but could not. It a Japanese page? Morita the second kanji in Miyakono jo does not look like the one you Used. Is there a reason? Thanks again. Later david Quote
k morita Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 morita the second kanji in Miyakono jo does not look like the one youUsed. Is there a reason? Hi, The second kanji in Miyakonojo is square style, but only "jo" on the tang is cursive style Kanji. Quote
george trotter Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 David, Yes, Japanese page try this http://www.k3.dion.ne.jp/~j-gunto/gunto_117.htm go to the third box of names, bottom of third column. regards, george Quote
David McDonald Posted February 13, 2011 Author Report Posted February 13, 2011 Dear Morita, Koichi and George Thanks for the information. I would not have guessed that as a soshu style writing. And George it will be interesting when that page in Japanese is translated to english. later david Quote
David Flynn Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 This sword sold on ebay, did it not? Quote
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