For anyone collecting WW2 polisher mei

[John C]

Showa22 has a Tadayoshi with the polisher mei, Yasukuni, if anyone needs this type of info.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/365977509833?

 

John C.

[Bruce Pennington]

Wow, never seen this before!

[vajo]

Those badly polished Showa22 blades often hurt my eyes.  I don't know who polished that swords for him.

 

[Scogg]

I've recently been investigating these togi-mei. I am finding it difficult to track down any good info. I imagine these togi-mei are pretty rarely seen. I have only seen a handful myself. 

I recently discovered togi-mei on a katana that I own. It's not a wartime sword (o-suriage or suriage mumei, probably koto), but the polisher's mei has a date of Showa 31 (1956), so maybe this particular polisher was also working during the war?

Just some speculation...
-Sam
 

One column:

君山研廣 = Kimiyama Kenhiro

Two columns:
越後住 = Echigo ju = made in or resident of Echigo province

昭和三十一年 = Showa 31 = 1956

 

 

 

https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/54031-togi-mei-kanji-in-the-nagashi/#comment-566053

 

 

[Bruno]

Different, but Takayama-to are known to have the togishi mei carved on the nakago next to the smith mei.

 

I used to own the one on attached photos.

 

Edited November 12, 2025 by Bruno