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Agree with Kawachi kami Kunisuke

Hi Paul, my feeling is it is nihonto, probably shinshinto or younger. Horimono is not great as many have said

i can see 菊の代紋　and 花と龍

Long live the Emperor/sovereign/lord https://meitou.info/index.php/君万歳 According to this site there was a legendary 'Kimi banzai Tomonari' odachi owned by Taira no Noritsune during the Heian period that was lost in the waters during the battle of Dan no Ura. ’Kimi banzai’ was signed ura-mei. Also a now Juyo Bunkazai blade was gifted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to the Hirosaki domain daimyo Tsugaru Tamenobu. Both forged by ko-bizen tomonari of course. It seems later generations of Tomonari therefore also signed using Kimibanzai.

Jussi, interesting that the Bizen Yokoyama '56th Tomonari' that you found also signed "Kimi Banzai" which incidentally is the crude kanji horimono on the ura of this blade

Yep its Toshinaga (Nara)

Yamamoto production, Shizuoka city

some reference mei from the 'the' Kunihiro fyi https://kougetsudo.info/horikawakunihiro/

Not very familiar with this Smith but from your pic the 水、原、清 characters appear most different to the references provided

I still believe it reads 宗吉門人吉康　muneyoshi monjin yoshiyasu as per my previous post

That's what it looks like! Pretty good effort for little kid I must say

Ko Akasaka? Completely blind guess

Muneyoshi monjin Yoshiyasu I think

I dusted off an old mirrorless digital camera to try to get some better pictures. Nihonto photography is definitely another whole learning curve in itself indeed! Hopefully these poor attempts give more of an idea of the jihada and black appearing jigane that contributed to the Sanekage attribution

The gist of the article is talking about a visit to a Jinja in Roppongi bearing the name of Hisakuni (Awataguchi). The temple was moved to its current location in Kanpo 1. The name comes from a Hisakuni tachi that was donated to the temple by Ota Dokan the builder of Edo castle. It was preserved during the WW2 air raids, and it is not shown in public now.

Nengo may be Tenmei 7 nen 5 gatsuhi

1st pic - Niju Makibari 2nd pic - too zoomed out to see clearly but the first two characters are 江州 or Goushu (aka Omi province)

What an attractive jihada! Can't believe I missed this thread earlier. Congrats - now onto Juyo shinsa in October!

Hey Joel, Looks like a ware or horizontal delamination

Thanks guys. Thanks for the feedback - I'll try to take better photos in future (probably with limited success realistically!). Wholeheartedly agree with Paul - good points

I'm not familiar with tsuba mei but it's probably a place or school? Something like willow jade pavilion?

I apologise for not meeting your expectations and wasting your time Marius. While this wasn't meant to be a joke, it was meant to be only a casual fun kantei, as no one else could hold the blade in hand, and I do not have the skill or access to a scanner or good camera. After seeing some recent kantei threads I thought it would be fun to share something similar, but perhaps it was foolish to do so? Nevertheless, consider me properly 'photo-shamed'. I will certainly curb my enthusiasm and refrain from posting similar content in future for fear for upsetting some of our august members here. Thanks to everyone for having a go. The answer is Kashu Sanekage. Ko-uda would have been the closest guess, as also Hokurido. Hojoji was an intelligent choice. It has many similarities as Tajima was just geographically down the coast from Kaga and this is a naginata naoshi. The ooitame hada and whirlpool hadatachi with chikei and jinie has Norishige influence (and Hokurido) but not quite matsukawa. The nie laden hamon with hataraki is Soshu but the gunome ko-midare again is different and doesn't have the indistinct border of Norishige. Anyways it is a heavy beefy blade and great to hold and look at. Tanobe sensei seemed to also have a positive impression of it on his sayagaki.

I get where you are coming from. Nakagojiri is kuri jiri, however it is difficult to assess the patina of the metal just from the photo I have provided. Please assume it is o-suriage. Any more kantei guesses? Don't have to be specific -can be just period, or vibes from which gokaden etc?

ryugyokutei

Could be sandai Kanesada https://www.aoijapan.net/wakizashi-noshu-seki-ju-kanesada/ Planning to shinsa?