Tenzoshan Tarenjo ... but more?

[Bruce Pennington]

The website discussing the Tenzoshan factory posted this blade as an example, and said the mei read "Tenzoshan Tarenjo" but it seems to me that it says more than that.  Could I get the rest of the mei, please?  I can see it's date is 1939.

 

Thanks!

[Nobody]

天照山藤原昭光以耐銹鋼作之 – Tenshozan, Fujiwara Akimitsu made this from stainless steel

[Bruce Pennington]

8 minutes ago, Nobody said:

天照山藤原昭光以耐銹鋼作之 – Tenshozan, Fujiwara Akimitsu made this from stainless steel

Fabulous! Thanks Moriyamasan! 

 

I'm tabulating Toyokawa and Tenzoshan blades and this is the first one I've come across from Tenzoshan with a smith's mei, and so far, the only dated one.

[Kiipu]

1 hour ago, Bruce Pennington said:

I'm tabulating Toyokawa and Tenzoshan blades and this is the first one I've come across from Tenzoshan with a smith's mei, and so far, the only dated one.

 

Bruce, you must not be looking very hard!  I have the following Tenshōzan dates, all coming from NMB.  At some point, the blade dating seems to have stopped?

1939-04 No anchor via NMB.

1939-08 Anchor via NMB.

1942-02 No anchor via NMB.

1943-05 Anchor via NMB.

All others undated.

[ROKUJURO]

 TENSHOZAN TANRENJO ?

[Bruce Pennington]

On 1/31/2021 at 9:18 AM, Kiipu said:

1939-04 No anchor via NMB.

1939-08 Anchor via NMB.

1942-02 No anchor via NMB.

1943-05 Anchor via NMB.

Are you going to make me beg?  I will,, you know!

[Kiipu]

6 hours ago, Bruce Pennington said:

Are you going to make me beg?  I will,, you know!

 

Just do a search using "Tenshozan" and they will show up along with a few others.  It should yield about two pages of which there are many repeats.  Good luck!

[Bruce Pennington]

2 hours ago, Kiipu said:

Good luck!

In the middle of moving right now, so I’ll have a go at it when everything settles. I got started on the Toyokawa arsenal stamps already.

[mecox]

Have a look in the NMB Downloads !

[Bruce Pennington]

11 hours ago, mecox said:

Have a look in the NMB Downloads !

Fabulous Mal, that's going to keep me busy for a while!  Nice work!

[Bazza]

I have a TENSHOZAN sword in Shingunto koshirae.  The blade is 73.5 nagasa with little sori.  It came to me as a wreck with a story, which I will tell in the dedicated Tenshozan thread sometime.  I post this here to simply give the inscriptions for our scribes.

 

NENGO is SHOWA 15th YEAR 6th MONTH LUCKY DAY = June1940

 

TACHI MEI is TENSHOZAN TANRENJO SAKU

 

There are no other markings on the nakago, save for a tiny "nick" on the nakagojiri.

 

BaZZa.

[Bruce Pennington]

39 minutes ago, Bazza said:

There are no other markings on the nakago

Thanks Barry!  Hm!  No anchor?

[mecox]

Barry does this have the typical artificial suguha hamon?

[vfc]

10 hours ago, Bruce Pennington said:

Thanks Barry!  Hm!  No anchor?

Hey Bruce.

I have one with the anchor and artificial hamon from the Toyokawa navy signed Hiratoshi Tsukuru

[Bruce Pennington]

 

 

Nice, Vittorio, thanks for the addition to the database!  Your fittings are in excellent condition, too.  Is that gold band on the tassel made of cloth or metal?

[Bazza]

15 hours ago, mecox said:

Barry does this have the typical artificial suguha hamon?

 

Mal, yes, it has the typical suguha "hamon".

Bruce, just affirming without rancor, yes, no anchor!!!

 

BaZZa.

[vfc]

7 hours ago, Bruce Pennington said:

 

 

Nice, Vittorio, thanks for the addition to the database!  Your fittings are in excellent condition, too.  Is that gold band on the tassel made of cloth or metal?

Hey Bruce it looks gold in the photo but it is light brown made from leather.