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Username: Nick Braaksma Member since: November 20th, 2010 16:11 Last Visited: October 28th, 2018 08:10 Location: The Netherlands (Oranda) Web Site: Shogun MMA / Kime Ryu Dojo

Dear reader:

I bought a wakizashi in Old Town Alexandria, VA back in 1995 at an antique store....the store owner told me that this wakizashi was sold to him by a WW2 veteran's wife after her husband had passed away.
One of my students Joan Smith was the one who 1st stumbled upon it and told me about it.
When I 1st saw it I knew it was the real thing and bought it.
All these years I have not been able to find out the name of the original owner/samurai.
Can anyone tell me who this wakizashi might have belonged to?

The family crest resembles that of Tokugawa Ietsuna's family.
Ebihara Sensei from New York once looked at the maker's signature and was certain that it was made by Yasutsugu Echizen, 3rd Generation in 1664.
He could not, however, decipher the name of the owner/samurai except that he came from a marshy area with many insects?

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thank you,
Nick Braaksma
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