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Help with Mei and Nengo on Tanto.


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I've been staring at this one for a week or two.

 

The Mei, as far as I can tell, begins with 次 TSUGU and ends with 勝 KATSU, but the characters in between don't look to be ones usually used on tangs, or they just aren't the forms I am used to seeing.

 

The Nengo looks to be  安 政  ?  年 二 月, for the AN-SEI era, which is 1854 - 1860, however the character after the era name that should be a numeral is not one I recognize.

 

I'll try to get full blade pics when my phone isn't hating me.

 

Any help is greatly appreciated!

WDM26mei.jpg

WDM26nengo.jpg

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On 4/8/2022 at 7:00 PM, WillFalstaff said:

Could this have been and up-the-sleeve dagger for women? The aikuchi mounting and the blade size leads me to this. 

Also, the nakago seems to end abruptly. Is that normal for a wee implement such as this?

Definitely possible. No idea about the tang unfortunately. I've never handled one of these before.

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