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Thank you gentlemen for your kind help! I have made a donation to the forum just now as a token of my appreciation for your support with the translation of these mei. I am positively surprised to see some strong smiths here. My only remaining question mark is this unknown Toshimasa Toshitada translation attached. Has anyone come across this smith before?

4. Koto tanto. Izu no Kami Sadayasu?

3. A koto wakizashi

2. Toshimasa Toshitada - a correct translation?

Dear community I am helping an collector friend catalogue his collection of nihonto which he and his father have acquired throughout the 80s and early 90s. As I understand, NBTHK certificates were not really common back then in the Western hemisphere, so they are mostly unpapered blades and some of the mei have even been left untranslated. I am hopeful someone will have the time to help me decypher the following mei: 1. Shinto wakizashi

Greetings to the community from a first-poster! I'm curious if there is knowledge on a late Edo period (?) Myochin school smith by the name of Munenao. There are several bits and pieces of information floating around about Myochin Munenao and also a Kojima Munenao. As the Kojima school was a fraction of Myochin, both from Kaga, could these be considered the same person? If there is any literature or writing about the Myochin school and this particular smith available, would greatly appreciate if you could share. Bonus question for the experts! Can this be a Myochin Munenao signature?