cisco-san

but blade as well as the mountings are looking nice

Hello, the only Jumyō I found which signed in this way (from Markus book): JUMYŌ (寿命), Kan´ei (寛永, 1624-1644), Mino – “Kōzuke no Kami Fujiwara Jumyō” (上野守藤原寿命), nickname Ishikiri-Shimizu (石切清水), he lived in Shimizu (清水) in Mino province, maybe the same smith as Hitachi no Kami Jumyō

Hi, seems to be a popular Kogatana maker (but not sure if Shoshin) From my collection... From Markus book: SUKETAKA (助隆), Kansei (寛政, 1789-1801), Settsu – “Ozaki Gengo´emon Suketaka” (尾崎源五右衛門助隆), “Ozaki Gengo´emon no Jō Suketaka” (尾崎源五右衛門尉助隆), “Ozaki Gengo´emon Fujiwara Suketaka” (尾崎源五右衛門藤原助隆), “Ozaki Nagato no Kami Fujiwara Ason Suketaka” (尾崎長門守藤原朝臣助隆), real name Ozaki Gengo´emon (尾崎源五右衛門), he was born in the third year of Hōreki (宝暦, 1753) in Harima province but moved later to Ōsaka to study under Kuroda Takanobu (黒田鷹諶), Takanobu in turn was the grandson of the 6th gen. Bungo Kai-Mihara Masaie (貝三原正家), Suketaka received the honorary title Nagato no Kami (長門守) in the twelfth month of Kansei ten (寛政, 1798), he died in the second year of Bunka (文化, 1805) at the age of 53, as Suishinshi Masahide he too tried to copy the tōran-midare of Sukehiro (助広), that means we can see how early shinshintō smiths were influenced by Kamada Natae´s (鎌田魚妙) praise of Sukehiro´s tōran in his standard work Shintō Bengi (新刀弁疑), his successor was his son Takashige (隆繁), Suketaka´s blades have a shallow sori, a thick kasane, much hiraniku, and a relative large chū-kissaki, they show a dense and hardly discernible ko-itame which tends to muji, we know tōran-midare, gunome-midare, and suguha hamon whereas the tōran-midare consists of rough and irregular nie, the tama don´t have an uniform size, he applied a long sugu-yakidashi and the bōshi ist ko-maru, some blades show horimono in the form of dragons, plum blossoms, or a branch of a plum tree, the tip of the tang is an iriyamagata-jiri, the yasurime are ō-sujikai with keshō, he signed also with a characteristical cursive script which tends almost to grass script whereas the date signatures of such mei are entirely executed in grass script, jō-saku

What a great blade!!!! Crongrats Jeremiah!!

Many thanks for information!! Highly appreciated!

If I would have the money - great blade!!

Hello Steve, many thanks, great information! But now I am slightly confused...sorry for asking, what does "tantō-jo" mean?

Hi, I have a similar one (signed Hattori Tanren Jo Kitau Kore) :-) I looked for a long time for more information, but found very few only...

Hello, Mike you are right, I think this you your guy (from Markus Seskos´s book): TADAYUKI (忠行), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – “Tadayuki” (忠行), real name Kawamura Ichizō (河村一三), born February 1st 1924, he worked as guntō smith

Hello Akitombo, see also: https://nihontoclub.com/view/smiths/meisearch?type=All&mei_op=contains&mei=Musashi%25Morimichi

you are right, but I think only one which signed Ishihara Yoshisada... (石原 義定..)

Hi, not much information available from this smith. From Markus book: YOSHISADA (義定), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – “Yoshisada” (義定), real name Ishihara Jō´ichi (石原錠一)

see also: http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/20190-matching-mystery-marine-mount-meihelpoo/?hl=toyosuke

Jussi is right Kanetsugu. I guess one of these two smith (from Markus book): KANETSUGU (兼継), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – “Kanetsugu” (兼継), real name Maekawa Gen´ichi (前川源一), born January 15th 1904, he worked as guntō smith and died March 9th 1951 KANETSUGU (兼継), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – “Kanetsugu” (兼継), real name Maekawa Yoshiki (前川喜儀), born March 5th 1913, he worked as guntō smith and died September 9th 1964 But in any case, non traditional made blade.

..but I guess this is not a faked Emura - it looks Shoshin Mei

Hi, from Markus book: TADAKUNI (忠国), 1st gen., Keian (慶安, 1648-1652), Hizen – “Hizen-jū Harima no Daijō Fujiwara Tadakuni” (肥前住播摩大掾藤原忠国), “Harima no Daijō Fujiwara Tadakuni” (播磨大掾藤原忠国), “Hishū-jū Harima Nyūdō Fujiwara Kyūtetsu” (肥州播摩入道藤原休鉄), “Harima Nyūdō Fujiwara Kyūtetsu” (播磨入道藤原休鉄), the 1st gen. Tadakuni was born in Keichō three (慶長, 1598) as second son Hirosada (広貞) who changed his name later to Yoshiie (吉家), real name Hashimoto Rokurōzaemon (橋本六郎左衛門), he signed first with Hironori (広則) but changed his name with receiving the honorary title Harima no Daijō in Kan´ei eleven (寛永, 1634) to Tadakuni (忠国), his nyūdō-gō was Kyūtetsu (休鉄) and he died on the 22nd day of the fourth month Genroku four (元禄, 1691) at the age of 94, dense and standing-out ko-itame with ji-nie all over the blade which appears as konuka-hada, the hamon is mostly a flamboyant and excellently tempered chōji-midare or gunome-chōji, but also a chū-suguha is found, during his early years he signed the character “ma” (磨) in “Harima” (播磨) with the variant (摩), it seems that he changed towards the common way of writing at some time during the Shōhō era (正保, 1644-1648), in later years he returned to (摩), some say that all blades signed with the variant (磨) are actually daisaku-daimei works of the 2nd gen. but this can´t be proofed, wazamono, jō-saku

Hi, from Markus book: KIYOMIYA (清宮), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – “Kiyomiya” (清宮), real name Noguchi Tetsu (野口徹), born September 6th 1911, he worked as guntō smith

Hi Jacob, first of all welcome on board here !!! Here you can find some Information concerning Japanese Sword care and etiquette http://nbthk-ab.org/cleaning-maintenance.html and finally from Markus Seskos book information about Ikkansai Shigetoshi: SHIGETOSHI (繁寿), Keiō (慶応, 1865-1868), Suruga – “Ikkansai Shigetoshi” (一貫斎繁寿), “Sunpu ni oite Miyaguchi Ikkansai Shigetoshi” (於駿府宮口一貫斎繁寿), “Sunpu-jū Ikkansai Shigetoshi” (駿府住一貫斎繁寿), real name Miyaguchi Hachirō (宮口八郎), he was born in the ninth year of Tenpō (天保, 1838) in Shizuoka in Suruga province but moved later to Inaba where he was first a student and later the adopted son of Hamabe Toshinori (浜部寿格), but he later returned to Shizuoka and to his family name Miyaguchi, in Inaba he signed with Hisatoshi (寿俊), later he started to use the gō Ikkansai (一貫斎) and also signed with Shigehiro (繁広), he also worked in Odawara (小田原) in Sagami province, tradition says that he learned the art of horimono engraving from the lineage of Ozaki Suketaka (尾崎助隆), he died January 25th 1906 at the age of 69, dense itame, chōji-midare in nioi-deki or gunome-midare in ko-nie-deki, chūjō-saku

some nice swords!!

very nice package!!

....found the blade on eBay https://www.ebay.com/itm/MINTY-GENDAITO-WWII-Japanese-Samurai-Sword-SHIN-GUNTO-World-War-2-KATANA-BLADE/223776240540?hash=item341a1a739c:g:mvMAAOSwgsddyHxu Seems to be a nice blade.......

I would like to have one.....

Stefan, see also: https://nihontoclub.com/smiths/JU41

Hi, you should try to contact Markus Sesko. He is translating such kantei-sho´s just for a couple of dollars.

...for guys which have almost everything: https://www.dorotheum.com/de/l/6422763/