Nicholas
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Another interesting sword at the Nihontocraft website. Kotani Takenori (Yasunori) Yasukuni Shrine Tosho Special Order at the request of Vice Admiral Jinichi Kusaka, Commander of the 11th Air Fleet and Commander of the Southeast Area Fleet. October, 1942 https://nihontocraft.com/Takenori_Yasunori_Tachi.html
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I absolutely meant Choji midare. Sorry, typing too fast on my phone. Like I said earlier I believe the sword is in a war time polish that doesn’t help distinguishing the features of the sword.
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I’m assuming it’s a war time polish. Blade is in type 98 shin gunto koshirae. Hamon is chogi midare.
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Thanks @Brian. I spoke to Roger many years ago about the signature on the sword. He was under the impression that it was a possible dai-mei by the 5th gen for the 4th gen Tadayoshi.
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In my opinion the hada on this sword is tighter grained or finer than the sword you posted. It looks similar in my opinion to a really tight ko-mokume.
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Another photo. Different light angle.
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Hard to capture in a picture due to an older state of polish but could this be konuka hada? The sword in question is signed Hizen Kuni Omi Daijo Fujiwara Tadayoshi which would be the 4th generation Tadayoshi. I have reservations on the signature being correct but the sword seems to be well made.
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Takahashi Hidetsugu
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@Bugyotsuji I’m guessing that’s what the 1612 number represents.
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While inspecting the sword further I found the sword registration folded up inside another piece of paper under the snaps of the leather field cover on the saya.
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Thank you @uwe much appreciated
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@nulldevicethank you. hopefully someone can provide some background information on this smith. As I couldn’t find anything searching the internet.
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Looking for help with a translation on a ww2 katana. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
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Any pictures of the blade?
