John C Posted November 11 Report Posted November 11 Showa22 has a Tadayoshi with the polisher mei, Yasukuni, if anyone needs this type of info. https://www.ebay.com/itm/365977509833? John C. 4 1 1 Quote
vajo Posted November 11 Report Posted November 11 Those badly polished Showa22 blades often hurt my eyes. I don't know who polished that swords for him. 1 Quote
Scogg Posted November 11 Report Posted November 11 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 2 Quote
Bruno Posted November 12 Report Posted November 12 (edited) 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 by Bruno 1 Quote
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