Interesting tanto made in 1946? with long sayagaki

[sohei]

I recently picked up a little tanto (17.5cm nagasa, 25.4cm overall) signed 'KAZUYOSHI' and "dated", with a very long sayagaki which Markus translated:

 

tantô, mei: Kazuyoshi saku (一義作)

Shôgatsu kichijitsu (正月吉日, “on a lucky day of the first month”)

 

 

 

sayagaki

 

千九百四十六年一月

senkyûhyaku yonjûroku-nen ichigatsu

January 1946

 

研磨師　大山三代蔵

kenma-shi Ôyama Miyozô

polisher Ôyama Miyozô

 

刀工　一義作

tôkô Kazuyoshi saku

swordsmith Kazuyoshi saku

 

 

sayagaki (other side)

 

日本桐生市永楽町一丁目一一七一番地

Nihon Kiryû-shi Eiraku-chô 1 chôme 1171 banchi

Japan, Kiryû City, Eiraku district 1st block, house No. 1171

 

Chris pointed out to me that in 1946 swordmaking was illegal... So it makes you wonder was it signed with a false name to hide the smith's identity...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks, Mike

[sohei]

I see a KAZUYOSHI listed on page 130 D, from Saga, in the Index to Gendai Toko Kinko, Shokugata Soran. Can someone who reads Japanese check and see if they say anything about him? Thanks, Mike