Type 98 Shingunto assistance

[ghp95134]

Sorry, can't read the signature other than
濃州住*田**作
Nōshū Jū *~da Kane [?] * saku
Made by *~da Kane~ of Nō [modern Gifu Prefecture]

The missing kanji look SIMILAR to
乎 or 子; 兼; and 隹.

I think the second mystery kanji might be 兼 [kane~]

However, I cannot get any hits for
乎田
子田 [Koda]
兼隹

And any search for
濃州住*田**作
sho NO results with a 田 surname. [Ikeda 池田 does not fit.]

Hopefully Nick will drop in and read it for us.


--Guy

[hassiman]

Fascinating! Thanks guys!

[Nick Komiya]

平田兼隆 Kanetaka Hirata was the name of the Smith, real name being Kaname Hirata.

[ghp95134]

平田兼隆 Kanetaka Hirata was the name of the Smith, real name being Kaname Hirata.

Holy cow .... THAT is 平?

Many thanks, Nick.


--Guy

[ghp95134]

6th from the bottom of page 167.

Born 16 November 1896.


--Guy

[Bruce Pennington]

For the record (in case of web searches) that first one was Toki Kanemasa:
http://japaneseswordindex.com/oshigata/kanemas3.jpg

[Sporter90]

It is Toki (土岐). It's not strange that a Seki sword has a name Toki on it. Probably to commemorate Toki family. Toki Yorinari (1502–1582) was a Daimyo of Mino.

[Bruce Pennington]

It is Toki (土岐). It's not strange that a Seki sword has a name Toki on it. Probably to commemorate Toki Yorinari (1502–1582), who was a Daimyo of Mino.

I agree. I had simply noticed that the first blade on this post hadn’t been translated, so I updated the thread.