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Does anyone perhaps know of a Yoshitake that existed in this time period?

Could this be in reference to this castle that existed in the Etchū Province at around this time period????

Wow, honestly I think that may be it! Do you know of any swordsmiths by those names?

Here is another photo of the characters that come after 越中國 on the 2nd sword. 4th character from body may be 佳 and the one below it 羊 if I am able to see it any clearer in person.

Wonderful source, thank you! I'm going to try and see if I can get better photos of the etchūnokuni sword.

Additionally, what else should I look for to identify these?

Thank you so much! Any ideas on the differences between the first gunto and others? I can't find any other examples of menuki or tsuba that look like this. Am I perhaps misidentifying it as gunto when it is a civilian sword?

In reference to the Etchū Province that existed from 701 AD to 1871? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etchū_Province What could be the significance of this being inscribed on a blade from World War 2? Is this an older ancestral blade that was made in this province and later attached to a World War 2 officer's shin gunto hilt?

Other sword mei

Other sword

Hello all! My grandfather collected Japanese swords and most were unfortunately sold off after his death. Recently when moving, we found a some more in the basement, and I was wondering if anyone could help identify this one in particular. In this lot, there were two swords that I thought were shin gunto (one which definitely is), but this one is I can't find anything about because the ornament on the hilt seems atypical compared to all of the others I've seen, and the inscription seems to be potentially be jibberish. I read simplified Chinese so I am able to identify at least some kanji usually, but these are lost on me. I'm wondering if this particular sword is authentic. I'll also attach the other shin gunto, which looks to have mei inscribed potentially saying something about 中國 (China), but I'm not fully able to interpret the rest because I don't speak Japanese and am not familiar with all traditional characters. Thanks a lot in advance, I'm sorry if any of my terminology is off!