Mei identification

[Salvatore Sinodo]

Hello to all! Mei identification please. Nagasa about 55 cm. Thanks!

 

[Majestic]

北星道尚
Hokusei Michinao

 

[Salvatore Sinodo]

北星道尚
Hokusei Michinao

Really thank you so much!

 

[Salvatore Sinodo]

北星道尚
Hokusei Michinao

It would be nice, if you can give me any information about him because I haven't hear something for him and I can't find something as I search now.

 

[Majestic]

I don't have much solid information on this guy. Taking some information from a Japanese auction site (which may not be very credible), it says he was a late Edo era smith, working in the Echigo area.
Its slightly unusual to find so little information on a swordsmith (especially in late Edo). So he must have been a very obscure smith.
Here is a link to the auction site with the information above

【大身諸刃槍】－芝田臣北星道尚作―*白鞘* 保存刀剣鑑定書付 ゴリゴリです！ 1尺4分 - 美術*刀剣*専門*オークション！WINNERS(ウィナーズ)

 

[Salvatore Sinodo]

I don't have much solid information on this guy. Taking some information from a Japanese auction site (which may not be very credible), it says he was a late Edo era smith, working in the Echigo area.
Its slightly unusual to find so little information on a swordsmith (especially in late Edo). So he must have been a very obscure smith.
Here is a link to the auction site with the information above

【大身諸刃槍】－芝田臣北星道尚作―*白鞘* 保存刀剣鑑定書付 ゴリゴリです！ 1尺4分 - 美術*刀剣*専門*オークション！WINNERS(ウィナーズ)

True, it is very strange because I didn't find anything about it in my book too. As I searched more, I found a samurai Michinao much before Edo. Maybe it was made in town Hokusei for this one samurai? I don't know but I keep going.
Thank you very much for all the information!