My latest aquisition - Linked to a WW2 US Military Hospital in Townsville Queensland

[Fusilier]

G'day Everyone,

 

I purchased this sword recently along with a US M1 Bayonet from the family of a nurse who during WW2 worked at a US Military Hospital in Townsville in Queensland.  She told her family that she'd been given the bayonet as a Valentines Day gift in 1945 but her grandson had no idea how she acquired the sword.  I'd be grateful for any information that you fella's can glean from the photo's.

[Fusilier]

[Fusilier]

[mywei]

The mei is Nanto ju Fujiwara Nobukiyo I think

 

Muromachi, Kanabo school

See ref signature on this naginata - https://sanmei.com/c...ia/T221936_Y1406.htm

[Fusilier]

Thanks Matt, Is this sword also Meiō era, like the one in the reference you posted?

[mywei]

This is a lesser known smith so I can't be sure

 

There's only one smith listed that signed with this mei in my references (see picture) - Yamato, Tenbun era, Sue-Tegai lineage

 

 

Hope that helps 

[Fusilier]

Thanks mate, that is super helpful and very much appreciated.