Translation Assistance

[Vesper]

Hello.

I hope some one can help me translate this: see attach file.

 

Best regards

 

[ROKUJURO]

Vesper,

welcome to the NM board!

I'll give it a try:

NOSHU no JU FUJIWARA NAGANORI with SEKI arsenal stamp, so probably not NIHONTO but factory made.

[cisco-san]

Hi,

 

the mei is Noshu ju Kuwahara Naganori tsukuru kore

 

From Markus book:

NAGANORI (永則), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – “Naganori” (永則), real name Kuwahara Fumio (桑原二三男), born November 27th 1911, student of Kawai Kaneyoshi (河合兼義), he worked as rikugun-jumei-tōshō, ryōkō no retsu (Akihide)

[Vesper]

Thanks for the fine replyes of the mei    

[vajo]

Showa-to blade.

Note: some gendaito have a seki stamp. Must see the blade.

[Kiipu]

@Bruce Pennington

Stamp alert, lower left corner.

[mecox]

Jesper, to add to Klaus and Jean above,  smith is Naganori” (永則), real name Kuwahara Fumio (桑原二三男), born November 27th 1911,  and registered as a Seki swordsmith Showa 17 (1942) January 29, so at age 30, and at the time was living at Kurachi in Seki.   Sesko notes he was a student of Kawai Kaneyoshi (河合兼義),  but not many examples of his work.   The stamps at end of nakago look to be  naka (or Chu) and shichi 7, and a punch mark?

For information, here is a summary of his teacher:

 兼義 Kaneyoshi (河合 義文 Kawai Yoshifumi) Born: Meiji 35 (1902) Oct 25; Reg: Showa 14 (1939) Oct 25/20?

1937:Kamo-gun, Kajita-mura, Shita-machi.

1939: same address. Deshi in 1937: 1.

History: was a nephew of, and trained under Watanabe Kanenaga (#16) in Seki-machi. Became independent in Showa 9 (1934).

1941: 6th shinsakuto 2nd level of 5.

1942: Toshu Banzuke 5th level of 7 (Chu Saku) Became Rikugun Jumei Tosho.

1952: at opening of new Fujiwara tanrenjo in Seki. 

Slough: p.74. Example mei: Seki ju Kaneyoshi saku 関住兼義作