Tsuka Kamon Help And Information

[AndyMcK]

Hello mates!

 

Could someone help me with this kamon on a customised gunto koshirae?

 

Thank you in advance!

 

-Antti

[SwordGuyJoe]

Maybe a variant of this one?

 

https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ファイル:Kamon_kayanouchi_jumonji.png

[Fuuten]

Or maybe something related to Christianity (a religious reference), however i don't know anything about gendai.

[AndyMcK]

Thank you gentlemen, I also tried to search using "cross", "christianity", "diamond" etc. but no exact match yet. So anyone with good ideas where to dig this information from, please let me know!

 

Blade itself is probably from 1650-1750 and koshirae is customised to house almost 72 cm nagasa and has a sukashi gunto tsuba (don't know does it have another name for it?) so probably mid to high ranking officer carried it.

 

Antti

[Marius]

Kutsuwa hishi?

[AndyMcK]

Thank you Marius, found photos with that but no reference towards clans. Any suggestions?

 

Antti

[SteveM]

Could be for the Totsukawa clan?

 

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%81%E6%B4%A5%E5%B7%9D%E9%83%B7%E5%A3%AB

 

菱に十の字 or 菱十印

 

http://www.vill.totsukawa.lg.jp/www/contents/1109233354984/index.html

 

(But that is such a specific mark - unique to that one clan - my guess is that the "cross in diamond" on your sword is probably just a variant on the "cross" motif mentioned in Joe's post above).

[Baka Gaijin]

Hi Antii,

 

Perhaps try Hishi ni Jyumonji Sangi.

[AndyMcK]

And an additional question to the helpful audience, with my poor knowledge of kanji and the strokes, anyone have possible matches for these smudgy ones on the tsuka?

 

Antti