Hello,
This is my first post and I'd like to ask opinions as to which generation this Kanekuni 兼邦 wakizashi might be? I've had it for many years but I just got it back from polishing and so I was hoping that factor might help in the pinpointing of a specific era.
Thank you.
I believe it to be one of these smiths listed by Sesko (probably the San'ami den).
From Markus Sesko's Japanese Swordsmiths:
KANEKUNI (兼邦), Shitoku (至徳, 1384-1387), Mino – “Kanekuni” (兼邦), Naoe-Shizu school, it is said that he worked between Eiwa (永和, 1375-1379) and Ōei (応永, 1394-1428)
KANEKUNI (兼邦), Kanshō (寛正, 1460-1466), Mino – “Kanekuni” (兼邦), he lived in Seki
KANEKUNI (兼邦), Meiō (明応, 1492-1501), Mino – “Nōshū Seki-jū Kanekuni saku” (濃州関住兼邦作), “Kanekuni” (兼邦), first name Matashirō (又四郎), according to tradition the son of Kanekuni (兼国) and the grandson of San´ami Kanenori (兼則)
KANEKUNI (兼邦), Eishō (永正, 1504-1521), Mino – “Nōshū Seki-jū Kanekuni saku” (濃州関住兼邦作), “Kanekuni” (兼邦), San´ami
KANEKUNI (兼邦), Kōji (弘治, 1555-1558), Mino – “Kanekuni” (兼邦), San´ami school
KANEKUNI (兼邦), Tenshō (天正, 1573-1592), Mino – “Kanekuni” (兼邦), San´ami school
