Translation help.

[brannow]

Hi All,

 

I just got in a very nice Gendai katana by Akihide. I am having trouble reading the full inscription on the nakago. I have the mei and date but am having trouble with the other inscriptions. Can some one translate it for me?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Bill Rannow

Mpls, MN

 

[k morita]

Great!!!

Maybe, this sword was made for The 2nd Gunto exhibition(Decmber,1944), and exhibited as a Mukansa sword (exhibited without the examination process).

The review of this sword appears to [Nihon-to oyobi Nihon-shumi].

[cabowen]

Great!!!

Maybe, this sword was made for The 2nd Gunto exhibition(Decmber,1944), and exhibited as a Mukansa sword (exhibited without the examination process).

The review of this sword appears to [Nihon-to oyobi Nihon-shumi].

 

Morita san: Shouldn't KINEN be written 記念, not 紀念 as on the sword???? This is a mistake, isn't it?

 

Interesting that it says it was made at the Nihonto Tanren Denshujo as Kurihara had shut down this training facility in Tokyo and moved it to the Nihonto Gakuin in Zama several years earlier as Tokyo became too dangerous due to the bombing and other issues.....

[k morita]

Hi, クリス　san,　

According to a dictionary, 記 is correct Kanji, but also used 紀, this is not mistake the Mei cutter.

[cabowen]

Hi, クリス　san,　

According to a dictionary, 記 is correct Kanji, but also used 紀, this is not mistake the Mei cutter.

 

ok, thank you very much!

[k morita]

Interesting that it says it was made at the Nihonto Tanren Denshujo as Kurihara had shut down this training facility in Tokyo and moved it to the Nihonto Gakuin in Zama several years earlier as Tokyo became too dangerous due to the bombing and other issues.....

 

 

Hi,

It is in May, 1945 burnt down of his training facility in Tokyo(Denshu jo) by bombing.

[cabowen]

Interesting that it says it was made at the Nihonto Tanren Denshujo as Kurihara had shut down this training facility in Tokyo and moved it to the Nihonto Gakuin in Zama several years earlier as Tokyo became too dangerous due to the bombing and other issues.....

 

 

Hi,

It is in May, 1945 burnt down of his training facility in Tokyo(Denshu jo) by bombing.

 

Yes, but they moved swordmaking training from Denshujo to Nihonto Gakuin in Zama in 1941 or thereabouts because of fear of bombing, difficulties getting food, etc., or so I was told....

[David Flynn]

Why would they fear Bombing in 1941? Peal Harbour didn't occur till 8th Dec 1941( Japanese time). Also, for most of 1942 Japan was wining, even after midway.

[cabowen]

Why would they fear Bombing in 1941? Peal Harbour didn't occur till 8th Dec 1941( Japanese time). Also, for most of 1942 Japan was wining, even after midway.

 

You're right, it was a bit later....I don't recall the exact year but it was before 1944...

[k morita]

Chris,You are right,The foundation of "Nhon-to gakuin" in Zama was in November, 1941.

[cabowen]

Chris,You are right,The foundation of "Nhon-to gakuin" in Zama was in November, 1941.

 

Well, maybe my memory isn't as bad as I thought....I remember reading somewhere (maybe Uchida san's article in Token Bijutsu?) of the reasons they moved there- I think one reason had to do with it being easier to get food...I don't remember the other reasons, I had thought bombing was one, but they wouldn't have moved there then because of bombing....

[k morita]

Hi Bill,

[k morita]

#2

[cabowen]

Here is another Akihide blade with a similar inscription:

 

銘「於帝都日本刀鍛練傳習所／陸軍軍刀監査委員會參與源朝臣昭秀」「爲陸軍軍刀技術奨勵會記念／昭和十九年十二月上浣謹作之」

刃長729.全長972.反り19.

[brannow]

Thank you Morita san!