Help with first two characters on Shin-Gunto Mei by Sadamitsu

[tbonesullivan]

Another Shin-Gunto from the back catalog. The Mei definitely ends with  貞光 - SADA MITSU, but the two before that, I'm a bit lost on. 州 or 川 (Gawa/Kawa) would be the one before the name, but the first character? No idea. I assumed it was a province, but it doesn't look like any of the ones I have seen. So, second guess is that it's a name.

 

Thanks for any help! 

[MarcoUdin]

Not very good at this, but maybe 'Sukegawa Sadamitsu'?

 

Is this a non-traditional blade?

[tbonesullivan]

42 minutes ago, MarcoUdin said:

Not very good at this, but maybe 'Sukegawa Sadamitsu'?

 

Is this a non-traditional blade?

Almost certainly non-traditional Showato from WWII.  I can see that very likely could be SUKEGAWA though. Especially considering how slanted the MITSU character is.

 

Just found this from the forum. I also found a few other swords online from "Sukegawa Sadamitsu", but not much information is out there. However, I'm pretty sure that's it!

 

Thanks so much! I wasn't even considering that character.