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Akifusa (AKI89)

  • Province name , Uechi , 10 years 41 weeks ago

    The correct spelling is Kozuke not Kodzuke

Tatsuyoshi (TAT15x)

  • Well done , kazarena , 10 years 41 weeks ago

    Gabriel,

    1. Yes, Shizuoka is the correct choice here: this is why the list of options contains both provinces (for pre-Gendai smiths) and prefectures (for modern smiths).

    2. Hawley ID - yes, take the next highest ID, and (this is my recent idea) add x in the end. So it will be TAT15x

    3. I will update the reference later today. You are using a book which is not in the Bibliography - I'll show you how to add it and then we can update the reference itself.

    4. Current convention is that rōmaji signatures are all lower-case.

    Other than that, it's a great start, keep it coming! Gendai smiths are definitely under-represented. I have tons of material, but my sweet spot is early Koto and there's only so much I was able to do... :-)

    Stan

  • First smith added , glebec , 10 years 41 weeks ago

    There are not many modern (or even WWII) smiths represented so far. Trying out the smith adding process with this one.

    First "glitch:" signed as Izu province, but technically lived in Nagaizumi City (Shizuoka) as Izu was no longer official by his time. What should be put into the Province field: Izu (as in his mei) or Shizuoka (which is more technically accurate)?

    Second question: with no Hawley ID, I made this one up (based on the next-highest ID of TAT14). Is this the approach you want us to take?

Mitsuyo (MIT353)

  • Fixed , kazarena , 10 years 42 weeks ago

    Thank you, Jeffrey. Noted and fixed.

  • Mistake on Fujishiro rating on this smith , Uechi , 10 years 42 weeks ago

    higo no kami hata mitsuyo is rated as Chujosaku not Josaku in Fujishiro's book.

Tsunetō (TSU484)

  • Fujishiro , glebec , 10 years 42 weeks ago

    I think TSU482 is the smith referred to on K205 by Fujishiro, not this smith. I have changed the entries accordingly.

    "Tsunetō Aoe 常遠 [Hōji 1247 Bitchū] Kotō Jōjōsaku. According to the Kokin Meikan, he is the son of Noritsune, and his era is Hōji, but according to the Kotō Meijin Daizen, he is the son of Noritsune and his era was Genryaku. As for the correctness of these, the true intention is unclear, but this book is based on the former…" 1998 ed.

Kanemitsu (KAN1434)

  • NMK , kazarena , 10 years 42 weeks ago

    I can't reliably identify this smith in NMK.

Arihiro (ARI11)

  • Not listed , kazarena , 10 years 42 weeks ago

    This smith is not listed in either Meikan or Sesko.

Yoshitsugu (YOS890)

  • Borrowed , kazarena , 10 years 42 weeks ago

    This is a borrowed record from Hawley (he doesn't have an entry for Shōō Yoshitsugu). Original YOS890 is a duplicate of YOS888.

Yoshikane (YOS228)

  • Agreed and updated. , kazarena , 10 years 43 weeks ago

    Agreed and updated.

  • Can't edit , glebec , 10 years 43 weeks ago

    I think this is the correct smith for FS rather than YOS229.

    FS info is K153 jojosaku.

Yoshikage (YOS1477)

  • Can't edit , glebec , 10 years 43 weeks ago

    Should be josaku

Yoshimori (YOS490)

  • Can't edit , glebec , 10 years 43 weeks ago

    Should be josaku

Yoshimune (YOS533)

  • Cannot Edit , glebec , 10 years 43 weeks ago

    Can't add FS rank (jojosaku).

Kanemoto (KAN1610)

  • Not a duplicate of Magoroku? , glebec , 10 years 43 weeks ago

    Fujishiro treats this as a separate smith: "Thought to be the younger brother of Magoroku Kanemoto. There is a theory that he is the same person as this Kanemoto, but there is no connecting link between the signature charac- ters, and there is no mistaking the fact that he is in actuality another person."

Kanemitsu (KAN1436)

Kanesada (KAN2085)

  • Josaku , glebec , 10 years 43 weeks ago

    FS rank should be Josaku but I can't edit this smith for some reason. Also, the page should be K112. EDIT: Sesko IDs KAN2088 as the smith best identified with Fujishiro's entry… perhaps this should be changed?

    All the Mino Kane- smith transmissions are a mess, I think I'll skip this entire province and come back to it…

Kanewaku (KAN2920)

  • FS Ranking , glebec , 10 years 43 weeks ago

    The FS ranking should be chu-saku, but for some reason I can't edit this entry.

Tadatsugu (TAD243)

  • Meikan lists Tadatsugu at , kazarena , 10 years 43 weeks ago

    Meikan lists Tadatsugu at Showa (1312) - NMK-530-7 and Enbun (1356) - NMK-530-8. Sesko and Toko Taikan differ in nengo attribution. This record is based on Taikan.

Sadatsugu (SAD733)

  • Borrowed , kazarena , 10 years 44 weeks ago

    I borrowed this record from Hawley. He lists it at 1375-1382 and it seems to be a mix between Gonnosuke Sadatsugu and Inomata ju Sadatsugu.

Sadatsugu (SAD726)

  • This record is a combination , kazarena , 10 years 44 weeks ago

    This record is a combination of SAD730, SAD731, SAD733. Toko Taikan, Fujishiro and Sesko only contain this combined record while NMK enlists Sadatsugu from different nengo separately.

Noriyuki (NOR447)

  • Is it the same smith as , kazarena , 10 years 44 weeks ago

    Is it the same smith as NOR449, but in Bitchū?

Norifusa (NOR40)

  • Norifusa NOR39 vs NOR40 , kazarena , 10 years 45 weeks ago

    There seems to be a confusion in Hawley, Sesko, Meikan, Fujishiro: they list 2 smiths called Norifusa, one from Kenchō, another one from Shōan era, but descriptions are mixed and point to different nengo, depending on the source. I'm going to assing NOR39 to Kenchō Norifusa, for simplicity, and NOR40 - to Shōan Norifusa. Also, I'm going to mark NOR44/45 as duplicates for Bizen/Fukuoka Ichimonji attributions.

Norifusa (NOR39)

  • Norifusa NOR39 vs NOR40 , kazarena , 10 years 45 weeks ago

    There seems to be a confusion in Hawley, Sesko, Meikan, Fujishiro: they list 2 smiths called Norifusa, one from Kenchō, another one from Shōan era, but descriptions are mixed and point to different nengo, depending on the source. I'm going to assing NOR39 to Kenchō Norifusa, for simplicity, and NOR40 - to Shōan Norifusa. Also, I'm going to mark NOR44/45 as duplicates for Bizen/Fukuoka Ichimonji attributions.

Noritsune (NOR405)