1940's Munechika?

[David McDonald]

Dear All

 

I am working on determining information about the

WWII smith Munechika

The 9 in tanto is signed

奈良三條宗近作

Nara Sanjo Munechika saku

昭和十ニ年十月

Showa ju ni nen ju gatsu

岸山

Kishiyama

 

I think Kishiyama is mountain by the sea??

 

Hawley lists a Sanjo Munechika with a date 1960

Anybody know anything about this smith or the mountain?

[george trotter]

Hi,

you seem to have got it all there...Sho 12 is 1937 BTW.

He is listed in Hawley as Seki and a Fukuchi? Toshio? is listed by the name Munechika on Jinsoo Kim's Seki Tosho list for starting there on gunto on Sho17-9-9.

After a quick scan over the books I don't see him on any gendai tosho swordlists so think he may have been only iai and gunto into war period?

 

You don't show us much, but the yasuri, ana, mei style look a bit "showato" to me (just MHO)...is it traditionally made?

Nakago jiri doesn't look particularly Seki/Gifu to me so maybe Kishiyama is a clue that he worked elsewhere?.

Geo.

[David McDonald]

Dear George

 

Thanks for the info. Maybe someone will know where Kishiyama is located.

 

Attached are some images. It looks like oil tempered but in a few places there

seems to be some hada. So some folding and oil tempered is my guess.

 

later

david

 

Hi,

you seem to have got it all there...Sho 12 is 1937 BTW.

He is listed in Hawley as Seki and a Fukuchi? Toshio? is listed by the name Munechika on Jinsoo Kim's Seki Tosho list for starting there on gunto on Sho17-9-9.

After a quick scan over the books I don't see him on any gendai tosho swordlists so think he may have been only iai and gunto into war period?

 

You don't show us much, but the yasuri, ana, mei style look a bit "showato" to me (just MHO)...is it traditionally made?

Nakago jiri doesn't look particularly Seki/Gifu to me so maybe Kishiyama is a clue that he worked elsewhere?.

Geo.