Sane .... michi? Help Please?

[Bruce Pennington]

HI guys, me again!  I used Brian's chart for kanji and found the "Sane" - 眞, and seems like tha second is michi - 道, but I don't see a Sanemichi in Sesko, nor on the RJT list, as this is a star-stamped blade.  Can you straighten me out please?

 

[DTM72]

Found what looks to be the same sword from a post here back in 2013.

 

 

[Bruce Pennington]

Dan, good find!  I thought it was the same blade, too, but on closer look, the star on the old thread actually overlaps the top of the first kanji, where this one doesn't touch.  Same guy, though, and it looks like it's "Masamichi".  Japaneseswordindex RJT list has a "Morita Masamichi" listed, unfortunately, no oshigata on him.

 

Different fittings too:

Mark's

 

This one from the Poulin Auction

[Bruce Pennington]

Sesko lists 3 Showa era Masamichi, 2 of which were RJT, one of them Morita Masamichi, but Markus shows all 3 mei as using what we normally see with a "masa" name:

 

MASAMICHI (正道), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Kyōto – “Masamichi” (正道), family name Morita (森田), rikugun-jumei-tōshō
MASAMICHI (正道), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Hiroshima “Masamichi” (正道), family name Shinoki (篠木, also read as Shinogi), rikugun-jumei-tōshō, jōko no jōi (Akihide)
MASAMICHI (正道), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Nara – “Yamato no Kuni Hashio-jū Tatsumi Masamichi” (大和国箸尾住辰巳正道), real name Tatsumi Yōichirō (辰巳要一郎), born February 28th 1915, student of Mizuno Masanori (水野正範) (see picture right)

 

Oddly, I have one MASAMICHI (正道) on file, but his full mei was translated as "Yamashiro Masamichi", and I have Yamashiro as being modern day Kyoto.  But none of these are listed as being from there.  Here it is:

 

Could this be "Yamato" rather than "Yamashiro"?

[Ed Harbulak]

The first character looks like Nao to me, so maybe NaoMichi

[Bugyotsuji]

Bruce, 大和 Yamato does not start with 山 

[Bruno]

8 hours ago, Bruce Pennington said:

Poulin Auction

He is Masamichi, connected to the Kato family (Masakuni's student), like said before, most likely Tanabe Tsunayoshi using a different mei for the RJT program.