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Confirmation mei and kantesho


Christophe

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Hello everyone. Could anyone help me about a papered wakizashi that I was offered?

I will have some questions about him:

- Is the translation of the mei correct? 濃州関兼景 noshu ju seki kanekage and if that it is not a gimei sword, is it okay to think it is a modern minor smith? I did not find any origami that correspond to this signature.

- Is this kantesho authentic? It's look like a Tokubetsu Hozon from the NBTHK but no stamp or remainder of the registration number on the left of the document.

I thank you in advance for the help you can give me.

Christophe

 

 

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I think you have it right Christophe.  Papers look ok to me.  I don't think that the sword is modern, but the papers don't assign an era.  Has a shinto feel to me, and they assign it to the shodai.  There was a line of them that worked in late koto/early shinto.    

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  • That is not a wakizashi but a katana.

The correct translation does no include “ju”.

濃州関兼景 – Noshu Seki Kanekage

The paper says that the katana is Shinto.

The paper looks authentic. However, that is not Tokubetsu Hozon but mere Hozon.

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