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Help please with gendaito mei


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Tom and Stephen,   thats a beauty, yes May, 1945, thats late.  This is a Nagoya, Aichi smith who name was Takeuchi Kinsaburo Kanemasa (his deshi Morita Kanefusa).  It is tachi-mei : Bishu Takakura Ji ju Takeuchi Kanemasa saku.  Takakura Ji or Tera is a temple in south Nagoya. 

Around May 1945 Nagoya was under massive bombing raids.  He was a RJT, 1941 6th exhibition ranked level 5 of 5, in 1944 army exhibition ranked as Nyusen.  he continued making swords post-war and then registered 10 July 1954.  Would love to see the hamon. Looks a nice item.

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Yep, congrats on that one; the yasurime looks nice, signature looks nice, and the late date is great.  I often wonder with dates like that what the maker was thinking.  The handwriting was pretty clearly on the wall when that one was made.  I suspect he might have wondered if it would be the last sword he'd ever make.

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