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Taima Katana

Submitted by kazarena on Sat, 2013-05-04 20:23


Sword ID	0000-1143
Mei	Mumei
Type	Katana	Tsukurikomi	Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm)	70.96	Sori (cm)	1.52
Moto-haba (cm)	2.91	Saki-haba (cm)	2
Moto-kasane (cm)		Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi	2	Nakago	Ōsuriage

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Smith		School	Taima
Period	Kamakura (1184-1336)	Year
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Ujifusa

Submitted by kazarena on Sat, 2013-05-04 18:46


Sword ID	0000-1142
Mei	飛騨守藤原氏房 hida no kami fujiwara ujifusa
Type	Katana	Tsukurikomi	Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm)	72	Sori (cm)	1.8
Moto-haba (cm)	3.2	Saki-haba (cm)	2.3
Moto-kasane (cm)	0.75	Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi	1	Nakago	Ubu

Attribution


Smith	Ujifusa	School
Period	Momoyama (1570-1615)	Year
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Kunitsugu

Submitted by kazarena on Sat, 2013-05-04 18:16


Sword ID	0000-1141
Mei	来國次 rai kunitsugu
Type	Katana	Tsukurikomi	Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm)	78	Sori (cm)	1.4
Moto-haba (cm)	3.2	Saki-haba (cm)	2.05
Moto-kasane (cm)		Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi	2	Nakago	Uncertain

Attribution


Smith	Kunitsugu	School	Rai
Period	Kamakura (1184-1336)	Year
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Sadamori

Submitted by kazarena on Sat, 2013-05-04 18:08


Sword ID	0000-1140
Mei	Mumei
Type	Katana	Tsukurikomi	Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm)	82.75	Sori (cm)	1.1
Moto-haba (cm)	3	Saki-haba (cm)	2.05
Moto-kasane (cm)		Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi	4	Nakago	Ōsuriage

Attribution


Smith	Sadamori	School	Kongōbyōe
Period	Nanbokuchō (1336-1394)	Year
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Tang translation please help

Submitted by WestPat on Sat, 2013-05-04 13:54

Hello,
A local shop where I live has a WWII officers gunto, the blade seems a bit different from most of the information I have researched on them. It is 26.5", has a diamond shaped mine down by the kisakki, and a single mekugi hole with 5 characters. Natural hamon. The ha is good and sharp but the blade is black and oxidized in some places. No pitting that I can tell though. There are about four nicks on the ha big enought to put your thumbnail into. He I is asking $750 for it. That seems like a lot so I am trying to find translation to see if the blade is anything special.

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Kiyonori

Submitted by kazarena on Sat, 2013-05-04 10:36


Sword ID	0000-1139
Mei	藤原清則 fujiwara kiyonori
Type	Tachi	Tsukurikomi	Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm)	63.2	Sori (cm)	0.8
Moto-haba (cm)	3.01	Saki-haba (cm)	2.53
Moto-kasane (cm)	0.53	Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi	1	Nakago	Suriage

Attribution


Smith	Kiyonori	School	Yoshii
Period	Muromachi (1394-1570)	Year
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Yoshiie

Submitted by kazarena on Thu, 2013-05-02 00:36


Sword ID	0000-1138
Mei	肥前國住相右衛門尉 hizen kuni ju sōuemonjō 寛永七年二月吉日 kanei 7 nen 2 gatsu kichijitsu 吉家 yoshiie
Type	Wakizashi	Tsukurikomi	Hira-zukuri
Nagasa (cm)	34.5	Sori (cm)	0.7
Moto-haba (cm)	3.33	Saki-haba (cm)
Moto-kasane (cm)	0.7	Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi	2	Nakago	Ubu

Attribution


Smith	Yoshiie	School	Hizen Tadayoshi
Period	Edō (1615-1804)	Year	1630
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Masahide

Submitted by kazarena on Wed, 2013-05-01 23:53


Sword ID	0000-1137
Mei	羽州山形之臣川部儀八郎藤原正秀 unshū yamagata no shin kawabe gihachirō fujiwara masahide 寛政九年丁巳二月應 kansei 9 nen hinotomi 2 gatsu ō 土州之士長澤禮平藤原延需而作之 doshū no shi nagasawa hirohira fujiwara ...
Type	Katana	Tsukurikomi	Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm)	69.9	Sori (cm)	1
Moto-haba (cm)	2.98	Saki-haba (cm)	2.05
Moto-kasane (cm)	0.71	Saki-kasane (cm)	0.52
Mekugi	1	Nakago	Ubu

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Smith	Masahide	School	Suishinshi Masahide
Period	Shinshinto (1781-1912)	Year	1798
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Kotetsu

Submitted by kazarena on Wed, 2013-05-01 23:31


Sword ID	0000-1136
Mei	長曽祢興里入道虎徹 nagasone okisato nyudō kotetsu
Type	Katana	Tsukurikomi	Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm)	71.75	Sori (cm)	2
Moto-haba (cm)		Saki-haba (cm)
Moto-kasane (cm)		Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi	1	Nakago	Ubu

Attribution


Smith	Kotetsu	School
Period	Edō (1615-1804)	Year	1673
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Akihiro

Submitted by kazarena on Wed, 2013-05-01 23:27


Sword ID	0000-1135
Mei	相州住秋（以下切） sōshū ju aki (ikakire) □□□年正□□ ? ? ? nen shō ? ?
Type	Tanto	Tsukurikomi	Hira-zukuri
Nagasa (cm)	37	Sori (cm)	0.45
Moto-haba (cm)		Saki-haba (cm)
Moto-kasane (cm)		Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi	4	Nakago	Suriage

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Smith	Akihiro	School
Period	Nanbokuchō (1336-1394)	Year
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Muramasa

Submitted by kazarena on Wed, 2013-05-01 23:18


Sword ID	0000-1134
Mei	村正 muramasa
Type	Katana	Tsukurikomi	Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm)	67.4	Sori (cm)	2.2
Moto-haba (cm)	3	Saki-haba (cm)	2.1
Moto-kasane (cm)		Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi	3	Nakago	Suriage

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Smith	Muramasa	School	Sengo
Period	Muromachi (1394-1570)	Year
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Tadahiro

Submitted by kazarena on Wed, 2013-05-01 23:11


Sword ID	0000-1133
Mei	肥前國住近江大掾藤原忠廣 hizen kuni ju omi daijō fujiwara tadahiro
Type	Katana	Tsukurikomi	Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm)	71.4	Sori (cm)	2.1
Moto-haba (cm)	3.3	Saki-haba (cm)	2.1
Moto-kasane (cm)		Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi	1	Nakago	Ubu

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Smith	Tadahiro	School	Hizen Tadayoshi
Period	Edō (1615-1804)	Year
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Sadamune

Submitted by kazarena on Wed, 2013-05-01 23:07


Sword ID	0000-1132
Mei	Mumei
Type	Tanto	Tsukurikomi	Hira-zukuri
Nagasa (cm)	28.8	Sori (cm)	0
Moto-haba (cm)		Saki-haba (cm)
Moto-kasane (cm)		Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi	2	Nakago	Uncertain

Attribution


Smith	Sadamune	School
Period	Nanbokuchō (1336-1394)	Year
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Hiroyuki

Submitted by kazarena on Wed, 2013-05-01 22:59


Sword ID	0000-1131
Mei	Mumei
Type	Katana	Tsukurikomi	Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm)	67.55	Sori (cm)	0.95
Moto-haba (cm)	3.05	Saki-haba (cm)	2.45
Moto-kasane (cm)		Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi	2	Nakago	Ōsuriage

Attribution


Smith	Hiroyuki	School	Samonji
Period	Nanbokuchō (1336-1394)	Year
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Yukimitsu

Submitted by kazarena on Wed, 2013-05-01 22:53


Sword ID	0000-1130
Mei	Mumei
Type	Tanto	Tsukurikomi	Hira-zukuri
Nagasa (cm)	25.7	Sori (cm)	0.1
Moto-haba (cm)	2.35	Saki-haba (cm)
Moto-kasane (cm)		Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi	3	Nakago	Suriage

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Smith	Yukimitsu	School
Period	Kamakura (1184-1336)	Year
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Kaneuji

Submitted by kazarena on Wed, 2013-05-01 22:46


Sword ID	0000-1129
Mei	Mumei
Type	Katana	Tsukurikomi	Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm)	70	Sori (cm)	1.6
Moto-haba (cm)	3.25	Saki-haba (cm)	2.25
Moto-kasane (cm)		Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi	3	Nakago	Ōsuriage

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Smith	Kaneuji	School
Period	Nanbokuchō (1336-1394)	Year
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Shinkai

Submitted by kazarena on Sun, 2013-04-28 21:56


Sword ID	0000-1128
Mei	井上真改 inoue shinkai (菊紋) 延宝二年二月日 (kiku) enpo 2 nen 2 gatsu hi
Type	Katana	Tsukurikomi	Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm)	73.9	Sori (cm)	1.4
Moto-haba (cm)	3.05	Saki-haba (cm)	2
Moto-kasane (cm)		Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi	1	Nakago	Ubu

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Smith	Shinkai	School
Period		Year	1674
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Kaneuji

Submitted by kazarena on Sun, 2013-04-28 21:31


Sword ID	0000-1127
Mei	Mumei
Type	Tanto	Tsukurikomi	Hira-zukuri
Nagasa (cm)	25.95	Sori (cm)	0
Moto-haba (cm)	2.5	Saki-haba (cm)
Moto-kasane (cm)		Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi	2	Nakago	Suriage