I know them as yokohama swords

[lonely panet]

Hi guys and girls. 

 

well we all know that with the opening of trade with Japan after that pest commadore "fat neck" Perry, went and ruined everything for the Japanese " its a joke americans"

and used some houses in yokohama bay as target practice to show how fantastic canons are,  and we all know the rest. etc etc.

 

i have always known these swords made for the tourist tade as "yokohama sword" but is this correct?? or as i just ill informed

 

i await some hopefully funny and salty replys 

PS just had surgery and i blade the anaesthetics 

 

[Rivkin]

No.

They are often called Ezo style swords and some are probably the real deal, but very many are apparently late Meiji-Taisho manufacture.

[Brian]

Meiji period tourist export pieces. The vast minority have older and semi decent blades in them. This one appears to have an earlier front section of a katana or wakizashi blade. My one is a koto.

[Alex A]

For a minute, was thinking about Kuwana blades. Though not the same.

 

Kuwana blades (ksky.ne.jp)