Any help with translation please?

[Pav]

Hi

Could anyone help with translation please? Also what number 25 on end of nakago means? Thank you very much for your help. Pav

[Ray Singer]

I believe this is:

Mei (name): 継義作 - Tsuguyoshi saku
Nengo (date): 昭和十八年八月日 (a day in August, 1943)
 

Per Markus Sesko below:

"TSUGUYOSHI (継義), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gunma – “Imai Ichiryūshi Tsuguyoshi” (今井一龍子継義), “Tsuguyoshi” (継義), real name Imai Fujitarō (今井藤太郎), born 1902, gō Ichiryūshi (一龍子), he studied under Kasama Shigetsugu (笠間繁継) and worked as rikugun-jumei-tōshō"

[Scogg]

@Bruce Pennington

[Pav]

Thank you Ray👍🍻

[Bruce Pennington]

Pav,

Can you get a shot of the bare naked nakago?  There could be a star a bit higher.  These numbered blades (and I see "ク125") are likely series by the Army fulfilling a contracted amount of blades.  With very few exceptions, we see these numbers only on blades of RJT smiths (talking Army not Navy).  I have another August '43 from him, so it probably has a star!

1943, Aug

Tsuguyoshi (RJT) – Gunma

ク122, Star

Lareon, NMB, T98

[Pav]

Hi Bruce 
Yes, star stamp is present. Barely visible but its there. Sorry for photo quality, thats all that I have

Pav

[nulldevice]

 

I believe this is the other sword @Bruce Pennington was talking about made by the same smith, star stamped, and numbered 122. 

 

@Pav It would be great to see the rest of the blade and compare to this one.

[Lareon]

I'm also happy to post more info on my one if you want something specific.

[Bruce Pennington]

Trivia note: While the arsenal stamped blades were almost totally tachi mei, the star-stamped blades were roughly 1/3 katana mei (like the Tsuguyoshi blades) and 2/3 tachi mei.  No idea why.

[Pav]

Hi everybody 

 

Lareon that’s a great blade, hamon looks very nice.
Nulldevice, comparing blades would be interesting in did, however I have only photos from seller and they are bad quality.  I haven’t bought sword yet as it is quite over my current budget and I m trying to figure out where to get rest of money from which pissis me off🤯🤯🤯 

I’ll post proper picks when I get a sword(hopefully)

Meanwhile all the best

Pav

[Lareon]

yeah it's a nice sword, I like Tsuguyoshi. if you do purchase, post some more photos and we can do a comparison, if you end up not purchasing it, let me know and I might be interested in it. Don't want to step on your toes. 

[Pav]

Hi

This is link to Tsuguyoshi if anyone is interested 

https://www.militariazone.com/swords/Japanese-samurai-sword/itm75155
 

I hope its not against forum rules, if it is please remove topic

All the best

Pav