transalation help

[daishobohi]

Hi if anyone can help me with this transalation id appreaciate that would be interesting to know what it means

thanks

in

advance

Yitzy

[David Flynn]

Is this for sale?

[cabowen]

文珠四郎包升作之

 

Made by Monju Shiro Kanemasu

[daishobohi]

Thank you chris was that the smiths name and is that a school?

Yitzy

[cabowen]

It is the smith's personal and sword smith name.....Unusual as I am sure you are aware to find a blade signed in this fashion. Those I have seen like this are more often than not late and poorly made, typically Seki souvenirs....

[daishobohi]

interesting I wonder why this smith signed this way i have seen a few blades like this before but judging from the nakago this looks\to be shinto koto period. The blade has been forged well

Yitzy

[cabowen]

Hard to say....might have been added later....

[george trotter]

Mr Yitzy,

looking at the mei and the polish which look new and comparing these with the nakago, which looks older (as you have said), I'd say this is atomei...in fact it looks like it was put on yesterday.

 

edit: Oh, Chris beat me to it.

[daishobohi]

I cant say when it was done.....blade is healthy so can kanji be as healthy as an old koto sword? Its poss it was added later look at some horimono on swords some added now and some orign to sword

 

Yitzy

[Jacques]

Hi,

 

Can we see the whole nakago ?

[george trotter]

Hi again,

yes I know that horimono can be added later, but it is usually a worry with mei...why I said it looked like it was put on "yesterday" is that it looks from the pic that the mei kanji still have "chisel's pillow"...as you probably know an old koto blade mei would not look so fresh....might just be the pic though. As Jacques said ...can we see a few more pics?