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Hello I was asked by a friend if I could identify the markings on a sword. I was asked because I work with Japanese nationals to see if they could read the markings under the handle. See the attached pics. We have Identified the date easily on one side, but we were only able to identify one of the other two markings on the 2nd pic. However the other marking is a mystery, we suspect its the swordsmiths signature, however we cannot find it in any database. |
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Hello to all of you on the forum, please help someone with my katana, dells with Kanji translation dells of determining the period, Myself guess the late Muromachi or early Shinto,possibly a Bizen sword?,extremely grateful in advance, greetings, Miki. |
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Dear Members, Can you tell me what this reads, please? Thanks |
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Hi Everyone, I'm a new member, Jairo Araujo from Brazil. I'm posting photos of my katana. After try understand the signature, please if someone can help me i will be glad. Lets start with signature, first kanji of signature is 國 (KUNI) but i cant identify the second. In the other side, have a mensage, I think it was not made in manufacturing process, i think it was made after, says "横山大膳X康子X" ("Yokoyama daizen xxx Yasushiko XXX") Suemitsu Katana Kaji says frequently Japanese soldiers wrote their names or messages in military swords, i dont know if is correct or not. |
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Greetings, I'm a new member. I am new to the study of Nihonto, but acquired this blade and am enjoying learning about it. It is about half an inch over the minimum length for a katana and relatively heavy. I found it interesting that the habaki is of 2-piece construction, gilded, and contains a mon. Fits well, seemingly original(?) |
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can anyone help me figure out what this inscription means? i'm trying to decide if this sword is worthy of a restoration or not. it was handed down to me from my father. his great uncle was a naval surgeon and stationed at Yokohama during the Spanish American war. I would love to know the sword maker and when it was made etc. If anyone can help that would be greatly appreciated. |
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I made a recent discovery of a Japanese blade which had been hidden in a closet for several decades. This is my first blade and initial opinions are that it is an authentic piece. Thoughts? |
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I have a sword passed down to me from my grandfather, i have gathered from the arsenal mark it is a naval sword. But any other history is am lacking and he passed when i was 2 so i never was able to get the history of how it came into his possession. |
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Hello, I'm trying to identify the signature on my Wakizashi. I am uploading the photos of the sword and tang. Any help is appreciated. Cheers, Kevin |
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Hello everyone! This is my first post, as I am new here. I was hoping you all could help me with something, my great grand father brought back a katana from WW2 and my dad (in his youth) misused it and would now like for me to restore it, and when I removed the handle assembly I expected to see a stamp of some sort indicating it was machine made; but rather found two sets of Kanji (one on each side of the tang) and despite having tried to figure out how to read it all I gained was a headache. Would those of you with experience with this mind translating it for me? |
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