PNSSHOGUN Posted February 28, 2021 Report Posted February 28, 2021 Require some help with this Mei, bit too stylised for my rudimentary reading skills: Quote
SteveM Posted February 28, 2021 Report Posted February 28, 2021 濃州関住村山兼俊 Nōshū Seki-jū Murayama Kanetoshi 3 1 Quote
PNSSHOGUN Posted February 28, 2021 Author Report Posted February 28, 2021 Thank you Steve, appreciate it! KANETOSHI (兼俊), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – “Kanetoshi” (兼俊), real name Murayama Kinokazu (村山喜之一), born August 3rd 1905, he worked as rikugun-jumei-tōshō and died February 23rd 1978, jōkō no retsu (Akihide), Second Seat at the 6th Shinsaku Nihontō Denrankai (新作日本刀展覧会, 1941) Quote
Nobody Posted February 28, 2021 Report Posted February 28, 2021 His name (last two kanji) may be 国次 - Kunitsugu. 4 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted February 28, 2021 Report Posted February 28, 2021 John, While they work on that name, your blade is likely made in 1942. Seki stamps showed up in 1941 and are seen through the end of the war, so the whole '41-'45 range is possible, but the lion's share of Seki stamped blades with dates are in the 1942 year group. 1 Quote
PNSSHOGUN Posted February 28, 2021 Author Report Posted February 28, 2021 I think you're right on Kunitsugu, I found a similar Mei. He is also listed as an RJT smith. 1 Quote
SteveM Posted February 28, 2021 Report Posted February 28, 2021 Good one... Yes I agree, Kunitsugu rather than Kanetoshi. Quote
PNSSHOGUN Posted February 28, 2021 Author Report Posted February 28, 2021 Murayama Kanetoshi would be nicer but still a nice enough Seki-To. It is in very rare Type 98 mounts with Samegawa covered Saya. 2 Quote
mecox Posted February 28, 2021 Report Posted February 28, 2021 Any chance it could be Murayama Kanetsugu (with a slightly different Kane, 4 separate strokes below). There was one tosho with limited production, but i cant find this Kane). Quote
mecox Posted February 28, 2021 Report Posted February 28, 2021 Purely as an exercise a Murayama Kanetsugu was sold by Shouzando in June, 2008: 6月14日・・・刀「濃州関住村山兼次、軍刀拵入り」......the correct mei and in brackets has "gunto with koshirae" . Seems swords by him are rare and I cant find him in several Seki lists. I could not find a picture. This is their list of sold items: www. shouzando.com/old.rireki.html 刀剣 象山堂 古い更新履歴 (shouzando.com) In English they are Touken Shozando, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Quote
Nobody Posted February 28, 2021 Report Posted February 28, 2021 2 hours ago, mecox said: Any chance it could be Murayama Kanetsugu (with a slightly different Kane, 4 separate strokes below). ............. I would say no. 1 Quote
tbonesullivan Posted March 3, 2021 Report Posted March 3, 2021 On 2/27/2021 at 11:54 PM, Bruce Pennington said: John, While they work on that name, your blade is likely made in 1942. Seki stamps showed up in 1941 and are seen through the end of the war, so the whole '41-'45 range is possible, but the lion's share of Seki stamped blades with dates are in the 1942 year group. Oh nice! I wish I'd known what to look for with all the Shin-Gunto I've had to look at. Originally we would just say "signed" and never bothered to identify the dates, makers, and keep track of the Arsenal stamps. I can say that overall Seki and Showa are the two most common ones I have seen first hand. Now if only I could reliably identify Kanji besides numbers, MASA, KANE, MITSU, and ISHI. 1 Quote
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