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Hi, S/N of Mantetsu sword was using iroha poem. It isn't a,i,u,e,o order.(But, when it was test making in an early stage, ABC was used.) S/N starts from i,ro,ha,..... i 1,2,3・・・ro 1,2,3・・・ ha 1,2,3・・・ ・ ・ ======　Iroha poem =====イ (i) ロ (ro) ハ (ha) ニ (ni) ホ (ho) ヘ (he) ト (to) チ (chi) リ (ri) ヌ (nu) ル (ru) ヲ (o) ワ (wa) カ (ka) ヨ (yo) タ (ta) レ (re) ソ (so) ツ (tsu) ネ (ne) ナ (na) ラ (ra) ム (mu) ウ (u) ヰ (i/wi) ノ (no) オ (o) ク (ku) ヤ (ya) マ (ma) ケ (ke) フ (fu) コ (ko) エ (e) テ (te) ア (a) サ (sa) キ (ki) ユ (yu) メ (me) ミ (mi) シ (shi) ヱ (e) ヒ (hi) モ (mo) セ (se) ス (su) end.

Hi, Thank you very much for the pics and the link. I knew this sword for the first time by your posting. Konan-Issei sword is extremely rare. I ordered a book described about this sword to a secondhand bookstore today, so we'd be able to get some information later.

Hi, Oh,Thank you very much. This is it. Someone should publish enlarged and revised edition of Slough's book.

Showa 19 (1945): 興南一誠 (Kou-nan issei) [only 1 example] Do you have the pic?

Hi, There was a lot of mistranslation(Japanese to English) on the Slough's book,so I posted correction pictures to NMB in the past. But I can't looking for the thread on NMB.

Moriyama san, Yes, you're correct answer.　 サ on the サ are simplified kanji(異体字) of Bosatsu(菩薩).

Hi, 3, 両室 "ryo-shitsu" means two hitsu-ana (櫃孔)　　 4, 地金鉄　jigane tetsu 5, 文字 蝋模様入　

No, it's 勢 (Se) .

Hi, This book is also interesting.(Japanese language). 日本刀を二度蘇らせた男 [Kurihara Hikosaburo Akihide whole record,The man who raised the Japnese swords twice] pub,2000

It's a good brush writing of name. 中村勢以　Nakamura Sei. Nakamura is a family name. "Sei" is maybe a woman's name.

Hi, 6, 右桃山期太刀金具師 (Made by) Tachikanagushi in Momoyama period, 7, 稀品也 Rare item.

Hi, The signature says: 遠江住太田親秀 Ota Chikahide in Totomi province(Shizuoka prefecture).

Hi, R: 長州 (Choshu) Choshu province. L: 高幸 (Takayuki)

Hi, http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/20923-oshigata-on-scroll/

Kanetsugu 兼継

② 但し 愛宕山云々切付銘有之 Tadashi,　Atagosan unnun no kiritsuke-mei kore ari. (But,there is kiritsuke-mei of Atagosan etc..)

The mei says : 片岡国廣 KATAOKA(family name) Kunihiro .

SHOJI Yoshinaga

This is a kitchen knife made in China(hand made).

Hi, It's woman's name Ritsuko ( りつ子 ).

Hi, The inlay says 如意満足　(nyoi-manzoku) . I can read this Kanji (religious terminology),but English translation is difficult to me.

You're correct. The mei says,Haruichi-sai or Harukazu-sai (春一斎) .

Hi, Maybe as you know,this tsuba doesn't match the description of the box.(i believe)

Hi, your Tsuba Box Inscription says: 無銘　Mumei, unsigned, later Umetada. 鉄地 Tetsu-ji , iron Tsuba. 花車図　 (theme) Hanaguruma, flower cart. 昭和辰年南呂　 Dragon year of the Syowa,August. 素心鑑　　appreciation by Soshin.

Hi, http://www13.plala.or.jp/Toukenyamanashi/Toukenyamanashi/dao_zhuang_ju_jiang_zuo/entori/2017/9/7_xin_jia_zuoti_mu_tu_xin.html