stannadel Posted June 27, 2012 Report Posted June 27, 2012 Hi, I have a Naginata with a badly re-polished blade that I got in Vienna. I just pulled out the blade and discovered that it is signed. It seems to be by a Hisamichi (see attached). John Yumoto has a Hisamichi from Yamashiro c. 1688, but this seems to be signed Yamato no Kami Hisamichi Could that be the same smith? Does anyone have other likely candidates? Many thanks for any help, Stan Quote
Jorgensen Posted June 27, 2012 Report Posted June 27, 2012 Hi stan, Welcome to the board. I do not have any information about this smith signed this way. A quick look I can see there are more than 13 smiths named Hisamichi, dating from 14th century to late 17th century. Can you post a pictures of whole blade (without habaki)? It would be interesting to see and shape of blade and can give some directions about age/school too. Quote
stannadel Posted June 27, 2012 Author Report Posted June 27, 2012 Sorry, I'm having trouble getting the habaki off, that will take some work-- but here are pictures of the whole blade with the habaki on it. Quote
Ron STL Posted June 27, 2012 Report Posted June 27, 2012 I just checked the Meikan and did not see any Hisamichi listed with the title Yamato no kami. I've had this happen before, finding a smith with a title but not recorded in the Meikan. Not sure if that means somebody added this title to the sword or if not all smiths given a specific title have been recorded. The naginata shape does look of the shin-to period. Ron H. Quote
stannadel Posted June 28, 2012 Author Report Posted June 28, 2012 The "experts" at the Dorotheum auction house in Vienna put it as "Edo Period," but they never even noticed that the blade was signed. I did assume it was Shinto though. I just wonder about the signature. Quote
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