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  1. John A Stuart
    Maybe the Kyoho period smith from Iyo province. John
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    I'll never be that big a boy. Oh, how I wish from time to time. ¥10,000,000 John
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    I stand by my reading. John
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    I wouldn't mind having this kozuka by 石黒政美 Ishiguro Masayoshi, and the composition is nice. That it is shibuichi is a bonus for me. Workmanship; hmmm, 7/10. John
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    Interesting. John
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    Yes, that's right. Baku and Hu, but, Hu after a vowel turns into Fu. John
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    Bakufu 幕府 Fujiwara 藤原 Where did you get Okina? John
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    It wouldn't bother me over much. Yokotani Eisei, 横谷英精 John
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    Showa Tsuchinoe-U Shun; Spring of 1939. John
  10. John A Stuart
    There was that suggestion. I thought they meant 玉 I hadn't thought 球 nor 珠. I wonder what this is supposed to mean? John
  11. John A Stuart
    Here is a pic that has Kiku-Ichimon something. I don't think it is a legit or even a real mei, but, what is the last kanji? 菊一文 is readable, 珏 is unlikely, but, looks like what it is. Curious. John
  12. John A Stuart
    If you go by one name for it 鉄管 it means 'iron pipe'. It is a weapon of course just as is, well, an iron pipe, but not nihonto. John
  13. John A Stuart
    No. The critical thing is 刀 which denotes an cutting edge. Although 鉄剣 has sword in the name it is a sword-like shape and not one in reality. Just like a tsunagi is sword shaped and not nihonto. John
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    #1 for me. John
  15. John A Stuart
    Maybe, and this is best I can make out; 天正藤原政希 Tensho Fujiwara Masaaki. John
  16. John A Stuart
    It looks like Norinaga, 憲長 John Dated 1943
  17. John A Stuart
    The only reference to Zhu-cun is this; "Du Jianhui, Zhu cun lu: Zhongguo beifang xiangcun kaocha baogao [Recording My Residence in a Village: An Investigation Report of the Rural Life in North China], (Kaifeng: Henan University Press, 2009, 2010, and 2011) (forthcoming, China Review International)" If it is in Henan, it makes sense as it was occupied by the Japanese, 1938-1945. So, perhaps not Manchukuo, but, Henan. There is probably dozens of Bamboo villages. John
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    Maybe something like, 竹村 'Zhu-cun, Zhu village' or Takemura if a place in Japan, 駐 'stationed in' 箚 'communications' 隊長 'captain. John
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    Fresh and wonderful. John
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    大庭彦一郎 Oba Hikoichiro John
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    John A Stuart replied to Dave4691's topic in Nihonto

    No worries, a good laugh, eh? John
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    Yes Toshimichi 壽道 John
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    John A Stuart replied to Dave4691's topic in Nihonto

    Yes, Brian. My first thought was broken and amateur repair. From the pics here, those 4, the nakago patina should have clued me in. I was more interested in the mei, and paid more attention to why 刎 was used instead of 藏 That made no sense to me, and was a riddle to solve. John
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    John A Stuart replied to Dave4691's topic in Nihonto

    Haaaa! Jean. Yes, whether it is this swords right to be or not to be, that is the question. John
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    John A Stuart replied to Dave4691's topic in Nihonto

    Ah, come on now. All I saw was the pics in this thread, not the subsequent ones which are more than obvious. I do have maybe too much optimism though. Ah well, the glasses may have helped. John
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