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Hello, 

 

I recently acquired this sword and have been trying really hard to ID it. It has writing on the blade but I can’t translate it. The handle is leather wrap over copper over bamboo. I can’t get to the pin because it is under the copper. Can you help me ID it?

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  • 4 months later...
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It's Hebrew - that's what is allegedly on the back of the sacred mirror at Ise (one of the three sacred regalia of the Japanese imperial family).

Apparently, some arrogant English guy in the Meiji period demanded to see it and later said it was all inscribed in Hebrew.

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