markeo

very cool thank you both very much for your help

modern meaning what? i know it was in Japan in 1944-45

then given all of this, is there a way to find out who the actual smith was and possibly a timeframe of when it is from?

are there any tell tale signs that would scream fake about a sword this morning i posted for the first time on this forum a pencil drawing of the etching underneath the handle and was told it was shinkai inoue, and by the looks of it, from 1675 after going from excited to somewhat discouraged about the possibility of it being a fake, i was looking for some insight of what to look for here are a few more pictures: one thing i will say is that in the fourth picture, at the very top of the sheath (terminology?) there appear to be screws holding something in place

thank you

thank you very much can you give me any more details on what it means or who inoue shinkai is?

i have had this sword for a few years and have always been curious what the inscription says wasn't sure if this should go in the nihonto section or the general translation section i believe the top side of the characters is the left of the pictures