ARMY MOUNT 27 5/8" TADAKUNI MASAHIRO ?

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Listed as ARMY MOUNT 27 5/8" TADAKUNI MASAHIRO ?

My observations

Saya is finished differently

Kozuka hitsu-ana and Kōgai-hitsu-ana are plugged

Nakago -3 mekugi ana and strong Mei  

 

Seems like an old blade in my eyes

As always Translation and any information is appreciated

                          Enjoy-Thanks Steve

* When i put listed as -that is what is in the journal it probably not
 spelled correctly but written as what was heard*

 

 

 

 

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[Mister Gunto]

Looks to be an nice older blade.

 

That saya used to be fitted with a leather cover for WW2 use, which has been removed at some point. Looks like an older traditional-type saya that was pressed into wartime use. You can see the kurigata has been removed, and a brass ashi has been fitted for use with a military belt. 

[mecox]

Hizen ju Harima  .....and shortened.   It could be the following (from Sesko):

Note the kanji for "ma"  is unusual, plus hamon of various choji.   But I am not sure.

TADAKUNI (忠国), 1st gen., Keian (慶安, 1648-1652), Hizen – “Hizen-jū Harima no Daijō Fujiwara Tadakuni” (肥前住播摩大掾藤原忠国), “Harima no Daijō Fujiwara Tadakuni” (播磨大掾藤原忠国), “Hishū-jū Harima Nyūdō Fujiwara Kyūtetsu” (肥州播摩入道藤原休鉄), “Harima Nyūdō Fujiwara Kyūtetsu” (播磨入道藤原休鉄), the 1st gen. Tadakuni was born in Keichō three (慶長, 1598) as second son Hirosada (広貞) who changed his name later to Yoshiie (吉家), real name Hashimoto Rokurōzaemon (橋本六郎左衛門), he signed first with Hironori (広則) but changed his name with receiving the honorary title Harima no Daijō in Kan´ei eleven (寛永, 1634) to Tadakuni (忠国), his nyūdō-gō was Kyūtetsu (休鉄) and he died on the 22nd day of the fourth month Genroku four (元禄, 1691) at the age of 94, dense and standing-out ko-itame with ji-nie all over the blade which appears as konuka-hada, the hamon is mostly a flamboyant and excellently tempered chōji-midare or gunome-chōji, but also a chū-suguha is found, during his early years he signed the character “ma” (磨) in “Harima” (播磨) with the variant (摩), it seems that he changed towards the common way of writing at some time during the Shōhō era (正保, 1644-1648), in later years he returned to (摩), some say that all blades signed with the variant (磨) are actually daisaku-daimei works of the 2nd gen. but this can´t be proofed, wazamono, jō-saku