Help with unsigned blade

[Joab]

Hello everyone, I hope I am putting this in the correct category... I recently purchased two swords, one of which I found the information about it on another gun form and with the help of the same member he directed me to here... The sword is unsigned as far as I can tell and these are the only pictures I have at the moment. I realize more pictures with better detail are needed and I will get those as soon as possible... I originally assumed that it was a fake or possibly a reproduction due to the red saya But upon further inspection I noticed that it seemed a bit older and was built fairly nice. My untrained eyes. Thank you in advance and I will put other pictures up as soon as I can

[ROKUJURO]

Joab,

this is the translation section. As your sword is not signed, there is nothing to translate. The NIHONTO section might be more appropriate.

Better photos may be helpful for an identification.

[Tcat]

Hard to tell from the photos but the sword as a whole seems a bit Bakumatsu style. First guess would be Shinshinto.

 

3 hours ago, Joab said:

I originally assumed that it was a fake or possibly a reproduction due to the red saya

Various hues of red lacquer (朱漆 / shu-urushi) have been traditionally used in sword decoration for hundreds of years. The Tokyo National Museum has an Important Cultural Property shu-urushi uchigatana koshirae dated to the 16th–17th century (Momoyama–early Edo). It once belonged to Yūki Hideyasu (1574–1607), Tokugawa Ieyasu’s son (see below).

 

 

 

 

[Joab]

1 hour ago, ROKUJURO said:

Joab,

this is the translation section. As your sword is not signed, there is nothing to translate. The NIHONTO section might be more appropriate.

Better photos may be helpful for an identification.

Thank you. I will move this over there... Not sure what other photos I can put up

[Joab]

1 hour ago, Tcat said:

Hard to tell from the photos but the sword as a whole seems a bit Bakumatsu style. First guess would be Shinshinto.

 

Various hues of red lacquer (朱漆 / shu-urushi) have been traditionally used in sword decoration for hundreds of years. The Tokyo National Museum has an Important Cultural Property shu-urushi uchigatana koshirae dated to the 16th–17th century (Momoyama–early Edo). It once belonged to Yūki Hideyasu (1574–1607), Tokugawa Ieyasu’s son (see below).

 

 

 

 

Thank you for that information. I'm going to move this to the appropriate place now...