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Masahira

Submitted by kazarena on Mon, 2010-01-18 01:47
Sword ID 0000-0265    
Mei
薩摩國藤原正平
satsuma kuni fujiwara masahira
諏訪社鉾鉄交忠練之
君万歳
kimibanzai
慶応二年乙丑菊月
keiō 2 nen kinoto ushi kikuzuki
Type Tanto Tsukurikomi Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm) 28.8 Sori (cm) 0
Moto-haba (cm) 2.48 Saki-haba (cm)
Moto-kasane (cm) 0.4 Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi 1 Nakago  

Attribution
Smith Masahira School
Period Shinshinto (1781-1912) Year 1866
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unknown signature

Submitted by bebel492 on Wed, 2010-01-13 19:37

Hi I'm giacomo from Italy, i was searching some information about the signature of my sword and finally i found Nihonto Club. I can't speak and read japanese but I've a friend that has studied oriental languages and was able to read these ideograms: 平安城住平朝臣廣光 on one face of the sword and 慶應二年春 on the other one. He has said that 慶應二年春 means second year of keiou era (1966)spring. I've searched in your swordsmith index for the first part of the signature and I found name like HEIANJO and HIROMITSU. I need your help because i can't undestand much more of what I've wrote.

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Kai Gunto Mei Help

Submitted by Awelch on Tue, 2010-01-12 07:17
Nakago
Tsuba

First time poster, glad to be here.

I have a Kai Gunto and am having a tough time find information on the smith. The blade has no armoury stamps or other markings aside from the tsuba, which may be just chance flaws. I have been told by two gentlemen that the smith is POSSIBLY Harima (no) Kami Fujiwara Masamichi from an approx date of 1684 out of Settsu. The preceding being taken from Hawley. However the only Masamichis I have found are not from this date and province.

Any direction would be very much appreciated, thanks!

Hiromitsu

Submitted by kazarena on Sun, 2010-01-10 01:30
Sword ID 0000-0245    
Mei
松村近江介源廣光作
matsumura omi suke minamoto hiromitsu saku
文久四年二月日
bunkyū 4 nen 2 gatsu hi
Type Katana Tsukurikomi Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm) 67.8 Sori (cm) 1.2
Moto-haba (cm) 3.31 Saki-haba (cm) 2.46
Moto-kasane (cm) 0.8 Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi 1 Nakago  

Attribution
Smith Hiromitsu School
Period Shinshinto (1781-1912) Year 1864
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Yoshimasa

Submitted by kazarena on Sat, 2010-01-09 13:05
Sword ID 0000-0243    
Mei
源信國平四郎吉政作
minamoto nobukuni heishirō yoshimasa saku
Type Katana Tsukurikomi Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm) 69.84 Sori (cm) 1.5
Moto-haba (cm) 3 Saki-haba (cm) 2.01
Moto-kasane (cm) 0.73 Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi 3 Nakago  

Attribution
Smith Yoshimasa School
Period Shinto (1596-1781) Year
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Tadayoshi

Submitted by kazarena on Sat, 2010-01-09 01:43
Sword ID 0000-0236    
Mei
肥前國住近江守忠吉
hizen kuni ju omi no kami tadayoshi
Type Katana Tsukurikomi Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm) 73.32 Sori (cm) 1.8
Moto-haba (cm) 3.03 Saki-haba (cm) 2.07
Moto-kasane (cm) 0.79 Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi 1 Nakago Ubu

Attribution
Smith Tadayoshi School Hizen Tadayoshi
Period Shinto (1596-1781) Year
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Yasuyoshi

Submitted by kazarena on Fri, 2010-01-08 23:43
Sword ID 0000-0235    
Mei
靖吉
yasuyoshi
昭和十七年二月吉日
showa 17 nen 2 gatsu kichijitsu
Type Katana Tsukurikomi Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm) 66.5 Sori (cm) 2
Moto-haba (cm) 2 Saki-haba (cm) 2.86
Moto-kasane (cm) 1.96 Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi 1 Nakago Ubu

Attribution
Smith Yasuyoshi School
Period Gendaito (1912-present) Year 1942
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Nobutaka

Submitted by kazarena on Fri, 2010-01-08 23:37
Sword ID 0000-0234    
Mei
尾張國八代目信高
owari kuni 8 dai me nobutaka
文化十一年九月吉日
bunka 11 nen 9 gatsu kichijitsu
Type Katana Tsukurikomi Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm) 71.3 Sori (cm) 1.9
Moto-haba (cm) 3.09 Saki-haba (cm) 1.99
Moto-kasane (cm) 0.82 Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi 1 Nakago Ubu

Attribution
Smith Nobutaka School
Period Shinshinto (1781-1912) Year 1814
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Yoshitake

Submitted by kazarena on Fri, 2010-01-08 01:36
Sword ID 0000-0230    
Mei
出雲大掾藤原妙吉武作
izumo daijō fujiwara myō yoshitake saku
Type Katana Tsukurikomi Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm) 76.05 Sori (cm) 1.35
Moto-haba (cm) 3.09 Saki-haba (cm) 2.2
Moto-kasane (cm) 0.74 Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi 1 Nakago Ubu

Attribution
Smith Yoshitake School
Period Edō (1615-1804) Year
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Suketsugu

Submitted by kazarena on Fri, 2010-01-08 01:20
Sword ID 0000-0228    
Mei
備中國
bitchu kuni
Type Katana Tsukurikomi Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm) 69.39 Sori (cm) 0.9
Moto-haba (cm) 2.8 Saki-haba (cm) 2.22
Moto-kasane (cm) 0.61 Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi 2 Nakago  

Attribution
Smith Suketsugu School Chu-Aoe
Period Kamakura (1184-1336) Year
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Uda Katana

Submitted by kazarena on Thu, 2010-01-07 01:29
Sword ID 0000-0223    
Mei Mumei
Type Katana Tsukurikomi Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm) 64.4 Sori (cm) 1.9
Moto-haba (cm) 2.84 Saki-haba (cm) 1.83
Moto-kasane (cm) 0.68 Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi 2 Nakago Ōsuriage

Attribution
Smith School Uda
Period Kamakura (1184-1336) Year
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Masahiro

Submitted by kazarena on Tue, 2010-01-05 22:49
Sword ID 0000-0216    
Mei
近江守法城寺橘正弘
omi no kami hōjōji tachibana masahiro
Type Katana Tsukurikomi Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm) 72.6 Sori (cm) 1.4
Moto-haba (cm) 3.15 Saki-haba (cm) 2.02
Moto-kasane (cm) 0.68 Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi 1 Nakago Ubu

Attribution
Smith Masahiro School
Period Shinto (1596-1781) Year
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Ko-Mihara Katana

Submitted by kazarena on Sun, 2010-01-03 03:29
Sword ID 0000-0202    
Mei
中川左平太手二テ立
nakagawa saheita te-nite tachi
手前二テ脇毛落ス
temae nite waki-ge otosu
Type Katana Tsukurikomi Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm) 67.6 Sori (cm) 1.3
Moto-haba (cm) 2.78 Saki-haba (cm) 1.83
Moto-kasane (cm) 0.68 Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi 5 Nakago  

Attribution
Smith School Ko-Mihara
Period Kamakura (1184-1336) Year
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Munetsugu

Submitted by kazarena on Sun, 2010-01-03 03:24
Sword ID 0000-0201    
Mei
備前介藤原宗次
bizen no suke fujiwara munetsugu
明治ニ年八月日
meiji 2 nen 8 gatsu hi
Type Katana Tsukurikomi
Nagasa (cm) 69.99 Sori (cm) 1.2
Moto-haba (cm) 2.94 Saki-haba (cm) 2.16
Moto-kasane (cm) 0.74 Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi 1 Nakago Ubu

Attribution
Smith Munetsugu School
Period Shinshinto (1781-1912) Year 1869
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Taima Katana

Submitted by kazarena on Tue, 2009-12-29 02:40
Sword ID 0000-0189    
Mei Mumei
Type Katana Tsukurikomi Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm) 70.7 Sori (cm) 2.13
Moto-haba (cm) 3.08 Saki-haba (cm) 2.15
Moto-kasane (cm) 0.645 Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi 2 Nakago  

Attribution
Smith School Taima
Period Kamakura (1184-1336) Year
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Yukitsugu

Submitted by kazarena on Tue, 2009-12-29 02:31
Sword ID 0000-0186    
Mei
行次
yukitsugu
Type Tachi Tsukurikomi Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm) 70 Sori (cm) 1.5
Moto-haba (cm) 2.91 Saki-haba (cm) 1.64
Moto-kasane (cm) 0.69 Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi 2 Nakago Uncertain

Attribution
Smith Yukitsugu School Ko-Aoe
Period Kamakura (1184-1336) Year
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Kunisada

Submitted by kazarena on Tue, 2009-12-29 02:24
Sword ID 0000-0184    
Mei
和泉守國定
izumi no kami kunisada
Type Katana Tsukurikomi Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm) 70.8 Sori (cm) 0.3
Moto-haba (cm) 2.82 Saki-haba (cm) 1.71
Moto-kasane (cm) 0.68 Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi 1 Nakago Ubu

Attribution
Smith Kunisada School
Period Shinto (1596-1781) Year
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Yukihiro

Submitted by kazarena on Tue, 2009-12-29 02:10
Sword ID 0000-0182    
Mei
一肥前國出羽守行廣 延宝六年ニ月日
ichi hizen kuni dewa no kami yukihiro enpo 6 nen 2 gatsu hi
奉献納大神宮剣一振
hōkennō dai-jingu ken 1 furi
Type Tachi Tsukurikomi Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm) 83.93 Sori (cm) 3.87
Moto-haba (cm) 3.55 Saki-haba (cm) 2.42
Moto-kasane (cm) 0.94 Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi 1 Nakago Ubu

Attribution
Smith Yukihiro School Hizen Tadayoshi
Period Shinto (1596-1781) Year 1678
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Taneyoshi

Submitted by kazarena on Tue, 2009-12-29 02:03
Sword ID 0000-0181    
Mei
近江國住胤吉作
omi kuni ju taneyoshi saku
慶応ニ寅年ニ月日
keio 2 tora nen 2 gatsu hi
Type Katana Tsukurikomi Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm) 75.45 Sori (cm) 1.21
Moto-haba (cm) 3.32 Saki-haba (cm) 2.48
Moto-kasane (cm) 0.78 Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi 1 Nakago Ubu

Attribution
Smith Taneyoshi School
Period Shinshinto (1781-1912) Year 1886
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Hankei

Submitted by kazarena on Tue, 2009-12-29 01:55
Sword ID 0000-0180    
Mei
繁慶
hankei
Type Wakizashi Tsukurikomi Hira-zukuri
Nagasa (cm) 37.86 Sori (cm) 0.75
Moto-haba (cm) 3.12 Saki-haba (cm)
Moto-kasane (cm) 0.64 Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi 1 Nakago  

Attribution
Smith Hankei School
Period Shinto (1596-1781) Year
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