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Dunno if you want to restore it by yourself. Guess not. As you commited to put more money go a little bit more. Nice idea would be set of menuki with one having mon. And one mon is enough.

One in Kyu-gunto mounts.

Another example. Looking on 2 mekugi ana it's remounted from T3. https://www.Japanese-sword-katana.jp/未分類/1910-1122.htm Next with new koshirae. https://www.Japanese-sword-katana.jp/katana/2310-1025.htm

Blade is now sold I suppose.

Thank you! Share any info you came across. Akihide from self taught smith over couple of years turn out to have many teachers way before establishing Nipponto Tanren Denshu Jo. With Emura having so many different types of mei in multiple examples we have a lot to unravel.

Third example with same nakago jiri. Mine 4th niji mei is different here which is disturbing [yasurime mached at least] and here comes Nagamitsu... "During wartime, Shigetaro Emura, the warden of Okayama Prison, aimed to rehabilitate well-behaved prisoners by having them craft swords. He invited Ichiryushi Nagamitsu, a swordsmith from Okayama, to supervise and teach the inmates. Nagamitsu, known for being a Rikugun Jumei Tosho (army-appointed swordsmith), guided the prisoners, leading to variability in the craftsmanship and sometimes rough finishes. However, well-polished examples reveal high-quality jigane. Nagamitsu's signature can vary, including "Nagamitsu," "Ichiryushi Saku," "Ichiryushi Nagamitsu," and "Bizen Kuni Oju Ichiryushi Nagamitsu Saku."

Mei have 8 kanji and is consistant with 6 kanji mei carved at nbthk papered example. So maybe we could find there 6 accordingly. Those blades with longer mei could be signed by different person.

Thank you. If you have nakago jiri picture please share. What's nice here is some lines looks like writing brush. I had theory that only 2 kanji mei or with dedications [slough/example F] are made as tachi but no longer viable.

Niji mei [tachi] nakago jiri different then samuraimonkey video example.

Another aoi

Another sanji mei [katana mei] aoi Japan 2015 https://www.aoijapan.net/katana-emura-saku-4/

Emura tokyo nihonto 2024 with bad polish https://tokyo-nihonto.com/products/antique-Japanese-sword-katana-signed-chounsai-emura-hozon

Old thread with many great examples. And example from aoi Japan from around 2014. Tachi mei 3 kanji. So sanji mei exists as both katana and tachi mei types. https://www.aoijapan.net/katana-emura-saku/

You must be really deeply disturbed one. I'm posting many different swords. So I want them all?

I don't like being involved in any drama. You all treat those blades like being superior then any other RJT or gendaito.

Dee I asked for date translation not for knowledge from "woy" site. And there is an info that he left in Showa 15 so 1940.

This one have tokuho.

He really have some more https://ebay.us/m/bzIyx4

What date is on nakago?

Mekugi ana is wide. Like koshirae was fixed for another blade. Yours have centered chuso?

What about fukure? Could you post close up? Looks for me like grain pattern isn't different around and you see another one opening along.

Leather haikan with civil saya version? Sarute was a selling argument here. Please notice mismatched fuchi with chuso ana. I sometimes wonder if this is good condition or modern replica.

Adding similar theme example for comparison. https://ebay.us/m/MiYD9K

Family hairloom? Write something about it's provenance.

Ex showa22 sanji mei