teruhiro

[micko]

GDAY,can i get some help ,opinions on my wakizashi ivé had this blade and mounts near 15 years and it's always been on the backburner now ivé decided to do some homework on it .the first 3 or 4 kanji are hard for me to read due to their state i think it reads hirama? no? kami? fujiwara teruhiro saku, i'm not sure there are several teruhiro that signed this mei so i pulled this one out of the hat, i havn't enough Literature so i'm relying on hawleys and the net, from my studies ivé formed my own opinion it maybe gimei .any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks,micko

 

 

[cabowen]

There were many generations signing Harima no Kami Fujiwara Teruhiro so difficult to say if it is gimei; it would probably take a shinsa team to determine which generation made this sword...Here is an example of the second generation. If you search the net you will find many more examples....The NBTHK usually calls anything after the 3rd generation simply a "later generation"...

[micko]

gday Chris,of course you are correct, ivé been researching the Harima no Kami Fujiwara Teruhiro saku mei's and couldn't find a match thats what made me think gimei . because i'm missing the top kanji it may not even be Harima no Kami (Fujiwara Teruhiro saku) it may well be for eg. Hiroshima ju (Fujiwara Teruhiro Saku).which i can't find an oshigata for i know a shinsa group would probably solve my problem but i have at least 5 swords i would take before this one so i will try and solve the quest myself and hopefully with some help and advice from others after all thats one the fascinations of nihonto to learn and learn and be wrong when you think you are right to me anyway.ivé added some photo's of the blade for anyone thats interested.

 

micko.

 

 

[runagmc]

The shape of the nakago looks similar, and it's kind of an uncommon shape...

 

[Jacques D.]

Hi,

 

It seems only three generations have signed Harima no kami there are the nidai, the sandai and the ju-ichi dai. Shodai (and ju-ni dai) signed Higo no kami. No titles for the others (4,5,6,7,8,9,10).

[runagmc]

Thanks Jacques, that clears up some of my questions about this lineage.

[micko]

Teruhiro

Aki no kuni (Hoei)

Teruhiro

TER66 (15pts)

6th gen., same as Hirotaka HIR432 who also is 2nd gen. of Hirotaka line (note this smith left out of Hirotaka line so 3rd gen. will be right after 1st)

1.geishu ju teruhiro

2.geishu ju fujiwara teruhiro

3.geishu ju fujiwara teruhiro saku

4.harima (no) kami fujiwara teruhiro saku

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Teruhiro

Satsuma no kuni (Meiwa)

TER77 (15pts)

TK 410

1.sashu ju fujiwara teruhiro saku

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Teruhiro (III)

Shinto, Aki no kuni (Kanei)

TER61 (25pts) TTp409

3rd gen.

1.geishu ju fujiwara teruhiro

2.geishu hiroshima ju harima (no) kami fujiwara teruhiro

3.harima (no) kami fujiwara teruhiro saku

4.harima (no) kami teruhiro

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Teruhiro

Satsuma no kuni (Meiwa)

TER77 (15pts)

TK 410

1.sashu ju fujiwara teruhiro saku

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Teruhiro

Aki no kuni (Tensho)

TER9 (15pts)

1.geishu hiroshima ju fujiwara teruhiro saku.

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so far these are the only smiths i can find who signed with saku maybe my blade is made by one of them?

micko.

[micko]

hi,the more i study this sword the more thoughts i have..i had a thought ,that it seems funny the top kanji are mising at all the tang is in good condition except at these missing kanji. any idea's?

micko.