John M

Okay, requested pictures have been added to drive, link below. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated. I'm still curious about the tsuba and fuchi as well. Thank you all!! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1McGWbk2YL36CXZ9FLVuApN2HOyXWNaiC

Amazing - you guys are the best! Thank you, I will get to work on better pictures.

Sorry about the powder - that was cornstarch, trying to bring out the contrast. Cleaned off pic here. There are more and better pics in the link in the original post, including the other signatures. And not to worry - I won't be scrubbing or polishing or doing anything to the tang. It stays as is.

Hi all! My family has recently been gifted a wakizashi. I'm told it was an item surrendered between generals in WWII. Obviously not a WWII-era item, though. From what I can tell, the blade came from a maker in Izu, but the name is beyond my ability. There are additional signatures on the tsuba and fuchi - the kanji are much more legible, but I don't know enough to come up with a reading. Any help would be greatly appreciated by my family! Picture here, link with more. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1McGWbk2YL36CXZ9FLVuApN2HOyXWNaiC