Ww Ii Army Toshimasa

[rodrig4]

Toshimasa.

I can not seem to translate the kanji as under the habaki.

Could you help me?

 

Rodriguez.

 

[george trotter]

The name on the mune is Yokoda. Might be the name of the polisher?

Hope this helps,

[rodrig4]

ok 

thank you .

[Yukihiro]

Hello,

 

I'm buying this gunto from rodrig4 and wondered whether this Yokoda on the nakago-mune could have been some kind of lucky charm to protect the bearer of the sword : when processed through the on-line translator, Yokoda yielded "sideways"...

 

I have just realized that rodrig4's original post was not in the right section (his gunto is definitely showato) - could somebody  move it to the appropriate section?

 

Any opinion on this inscription will be welcome!

 

Didier

[Yukihiro]

Well, apparently, the name reads YokoTa, so there goes my theory down the drain!

[george trotter]

Hi Didier,

Don't worry, you are not wrong. Some names in Japan are pronounced both DA and TA...example: Nakata, Nakada, so perhaps Yokota, Yokoda also.

Regards,

[Yukihiro]

Thank you, George.

 

Yokota does sound like a personal name, though. The question remains whether the polisher's or the name of the officer this blade was made for.