Mei on new wakizashi & shirasaya

[Ken-Hawaii]

Aloha, all:

 

I just purchased this nice wakizashi from Stephan Hiller, & would appreciate some help translating the mei, as well as the shirasaya Kanji.

 

My Kanji reading abilities are pretty poor, & the best I can get from the shirasaya is ?-Kuni-Mori-Suke-Kado (?) on the left, & I'm not even going to try the right or the mei....

 

My six-year-old grandson can help me once my son & his family arrive in Hawaii next month, but maybe one of you can help a little in advance...?

 

Thanks!

[Nobody]

Hi,

 

The mei reads "Tanba (no) kami Terukado (丹波守照門).

As for the right pic of the shirasaya, it reads Nomura-shi (野村氏 = Mr. Nomura).

[Ken-Hawaii]

Wow! That was a really quick answer! Thank you, Koichi-san! :D

 

Now all I have to do is find out a bit more about the smith, & then delve into the details of our new Nihonto.... Not much on the Web on Terukado, either.

 

Ah, well, there's all the fun of sleuthing out another mystery!

[Ichi]

Just a quick look at Hawley's. Tanba no Kami Fujiwara Terukado, a Shinto smith active in Mino, Ise and Edo, during 1658-84, and ranked 60 pts.