Crew Gunto Mei

[SSt]

Would appreciate help with this mei.

I bought this piece recently, its an undated showa crew gunto.

I read the last three kanji as Kane Yoshi Saku, but the first two elude me.

 

Thanks.

[Nobody]

Hi,

 

I think that the mei is Sako Kaneshige saku (酒向兼茂作).

[SSt]

Hi Koichi,

 

I had hoped that it was a sloppy rendition of ;

 

兼義 (Kaneyoshi) 河合 義文 Kawai

 

as listed on Dr. Stein's web site.

 

Your reading of Sako is spot on, still unsure about the Shige/Yoshi kanji.

 

Many thanks.

[SSt]

Hi Koichi

A copy of "Swordsmiths of Japan 1926-1945" which I had purchased from someone in Australia has just arrived after 2 months at sea!

There is reference on page 16 to an Oshigata no. 106 which appears in the previously published "A Guide to Showa Swordsmiths"

The kanji is exactly as you read them, 酒向兼茂, although Fuller & Greory interpret the same kanji as "Sakumuki Kaneshige".

 

Thanks Again.

[k morita]

Hi SSt,

 

"Sako Kaneshige saku" is correct reading.

 

Fuller's "Sakumuki Kaneshige" is bad reading.

Incidentally, there are also some wrong Kanji reading on Slough's oshigata-book.

 

Thanks

morita