Help with mei of WWII blade

[b.hennick]

Thanks for looking and providing a translation.

[Mark S.]

Tsune... something...

 

Tsune Yasu?

 

 

REFERENCE: Mr Sesko's Nihonto Compendium

Tsune: page 19 (9 strokes)

Yasu: page 25 (11 strokes)

[uwe]

“恒康”, can be read as Tsuneyasu or Hisayasu....

[cisco-san]

Hello Barry,

 

nice find..

 

from Markus book:

TSUNEYASU (恒康), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Tōkyō – “Musashi no Kuni-jū Katō Tsuneyasu saku” (武蔵国住加藤恒康作), “Tsuneyasu” (恒康), real name Katō Chōnosuke (加藤長之助), born April 18th 1901, he signed first with Tadaaki (忠明), he studied under his father Katō Toshisaburō Sukekuni (加藤祐国) but from 1915 also under Horii Taneaki (堀井胤明), later he worked as rikugun-jumei-tōshō, kihin no retsu (Akihide), First Seat at the 6th Shinsaku Nihontō Denrankai (新作日本刀展覧会, 1941)

 

Would like to see some pics from the blade..

[b.hennick]

Thanks for the help. I will try to post some photos on the weekend.

[Mark S.]

I was just shocked I got it right! I think this was my first translation!