Wakizashi

Hello

Need help to identify this sword

Thank you!

http://cid-4ee303b02f73e56b.skydrive.li ... 3E56B!1555

More fotos in high resolution can find here

I move it in the Nihonto section as it was originally posted in the military section

I move it in the Nihonto section as it was originally posted in the military section

Thank you Jean! And sorry for this mistake.

Hi,

Wakizashi signeture is Yoshimitsu 賀光 .(Bizen?)

Kogatana(small knife) signeture is 伯耆守XXXX?

Close photo?

Hi,

 

Wakizashi signeture is Yoshimitsu 賀光 .(Bizen?)

Kogatana(small knife) signeture is 伯耆守XXXX?

 

Close photo?

Close photo of blade or signature?

The last part of the kogatana mei could be 正幸 (Masayuki).

Hi,

I see Masayuki,

Thank you Moriyama san.

Foto closer

http://img691.imageshack.us/i/dsc00096tf.jpg/

Morita san,

It you click on the link provided by Andrey, you will have all the pictures and in double clicking each of them you'll get gigantic pictures with all details.

I use to have an Eikkyo Bizen Yoshimitsu wakizashi, Kozori school, dtd 1456.

Here, I have some doubt. We would need cutting edge length (from top to notch). It is between Wakizashi and tanto length, seems short for an Eikkyo wakizashi ...

Generally the mei were "Bishu Osafune Yoshimitsu, with a nengo (date) on ura.

The mei is at the bottom of the nakago. As nijimei, it could be closer to the mekugi ana

Jean here foto and size

http://img101.imageshack.us/i/dsc00100p.jpg/

Interesting, it is what we can call a sunobi tanto or a ko-wakizashi (32 cm).

Shobu zukuri were frequent in Muromachi (Nagayama dixit) but in Bizen ..., I have seen my lot of Bizen tantos but not in shobu zukuri ...

Things are disturbing :

- The length which does not fit with the usual one in middle Muromachi (circa 25 cm) at the time of the Yoshimitsu (賀光) but rather sue Muromachi Ca 1550 and on ...

- The niji mei but there again in sue Bizen, there are niji mei (Sukesada,Tadamitsu)

Definitely, you should send your blade to Shinsa or the mei picture at NTHK - Some of the board can provide you the link.

What it is worth will depend on Shinsa result and of the polish. Being a niji mei probably less than a full mei.

In fact as usual, the value of something is driven by Offer/Demand

Thanx alot Jean. 2nd day reading this forum i start to understand this language!

Definitely, you should send your blade to Shinsa or the mei picture at NTHK - Some of the board can provide you the link.

I spoke with Fred Fimio and he told me that i have to send the sword to them. I have troubles to send it now (forbidden send this kind of antiques outside). Only fotos

Andrey,

Try foto with NTHK first

Ok Jean. i'll try.

Do you think this fotos is enough to do analisis?

Color foto signature, high resolution

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9755/2 ... 560003.jpg

Black and white higher resolution sword

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/3598 ... 040005.jpg

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/5591 ... 510006.jpg

Oh yes!!!

Hello Jean!

Look, i find other tanto with the same signature (?)

http://cgi.ebay.com/VERY-NICE-Japanese- ... 5193604eba

What do you think about it?

Thank you!

Shinto Yasumitsu against Koto Yoshimitsu ... (not even talking about the length - 6 1/2 inches in length ) ... nothing to compare