Hizen Kanemoto Gendaito, interesting late date, special order made?

[Volker62]

Dear Gentleman

 

Hello friends

 

beautiful made blade, traditional Hizen...

 

mounts are '98 pattern with Ka mon, wonderful solid double Silver habaki

 

 

can someone help me with this signature?

 

I guess, an order made blade with interesting late date ...... toshi shoji??

 

 

many thans in advance!!

 

 

 

Volker

[Volker62]

Mon

[Volker62]

sorry, no stamps of any kind on the swords nakago

[Volker62]

historical date (May 05.1945)  on which the German Wehrmacht, began to capitulate in parts.........

[DTM72]

I think it is actually Kanehisa

 

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久

 

[Ray Singer]

I believe the Kanemoto reading is correct. Compare with an earlier example, also signed Kanemoto.

 

[Jussi Ekholm]

I think the ownership might be - 大坪利夫所持 - I believe possible reading (not sure if it could be read in other ways) could be owned by Ōtsubo Toshio

[Volker62]

 many thanks !

 

 

Volker

[AntiquarianCat]

If it is at all of use, I’m the custodian of a Hizen Kanemoto RJT blade and this is what the signature looks like. I would find it very interesting if your sword is by the same smith for a private order.
 

 

I know this one’s signature goes 

Hizen no Kuni ju Kanemoto and is dated to Aug 1944.

[Volker62]

Hi Juan

 

Thanks for sharing, looks a very nice sword, congrats!

 

My custom order Kanemoto , has a beautiful shape and extremely high quality fittings and a nearly 28 cm long tsuka with little sori, with Ka Mon

 

 

 

[AntiquarianCat]

I hope you’ll forgive the late reply as an annoying illness and real life kept me busy but your nice hizento inspired me to take a few photos of mine. To me they look quite similar and I would find it very cool if yours was a custom order counterpart to the RJT one I own. That would certainly explain why the fittings yours have look so splendid. I’m a fan of your habaki(and mon, and pretty much everything).

I’ve always read about how many RJT smiths still did custom work during the war so it would be really interesting to compare that to their RJT swords.