Tanto Iyetsugu

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Dear all

 

First timer in the discussion board. Would be extremely for any advice on a tanto I own.

It has a nijimei reading Iyetsugu. The nagasa is just over 20cm. The nakago is very thin and long without a lot of meat. The sword looks quite old.

Has anyone got any idea firtsly as to whether it is gimei or not, secondly if it is chu-aoe or older and thirdly which generation Iyetsugu this is. Has anyone got any oshigata of this smith. I am struggling to find one.

One last thing, the tanto comes with a very nice and elaborate koshirae with the attached inscription. I think it mentions uma (date) but cannot reade the whole thing.

 

Many thanks for any advice

George

[stekemest]

What I can read is "kanoe-uma, 10th month" (that's octobre 1930). Can't identify the rest without books (which I don't have here at the moment).

[Nobody]

庚午十月 ? (Kanoe-Uma, Ju-gatsu, ?) – 10th month in 1930 (or 1870, 1810, …)

羣玉(or 王?)老兄 (Gungyoku(or Gun-ou?) Rokei)

 

Gungyoku might be a person’s name, art name, or a nickname. Rokei is a prefix for an elder friend.