stefan Gerh Posted March 3, 2012 Report Posted March 3, 2012 hi there, i´m new in this forum and this is my first post here. coould someone help me to read the mei at these katana? a friend of me bought these sword some days ago, but we couldn´t read these kanji. i´m not sure if it is an showato or an guntoblade. my first idea was that it is an seki blade. but i´m not sure. it would help me when someone could read these mei. thank you!! Quote
Toryu2020 Posted March 3, 2012 Report Posted March 3, 2012 Stefan - this is what I see; 濃州○○嶋田鉄心斎祐光 Nôshû blank blank Shimada Tesshinsai Sukemitsu . Sorry have no books at hand so cannot decipher those two characters but I am sure others on this list better at reading than me will fill in those blanks... -t PS with a little study you could work this out yourself so dont be in a hurry to open up that spoiler Quote
Veli Posted March 3, 2012 Report Posted March 3, 2012 Could it be Noshu Seki ju Fukuda Tetsushinsai Sukemitsu? Veli Quote
Nobody Posted March 4, 2012 Report Posted March 4, 2012 濃州関住福田鉄心斎祐光 - Noshu Seki ju Fukuda Tesshinsai Sukemitsu BTW, I am very surprised to notice that the judge who accepted a sword with the similar mei to be registered could not read 関住 correctly. He read it 美位. Ref. http://www.e-sword.jp/sale/2009/0910_1084syousai.htm Quote
Brian Posted March 4, 2012 Report Posted March 4, 2012 Registered in Japan, with a visible Seki arsenal stamp? Doesn't that go against everything we have been told, or is this just one that slipped through the cracks? Brian Quote
Nobody Posted March 4, 2012 Report Posted March 4, 2012 Somehow, even a Mantetsuto (興亜一心 – Koa Isshin) happened to be registered. Ref. https://www.aoi-art.com/auction/auction ... 1165718630 Quote
stefan Gerh Posted March 4, 2012 Author Report Posted March 4, 2012 thank you very much for these intresting posts! now i know how was the maker from these sword and i can judge it. stefan Quote
cabowen Posted March 4, 2012 Report Posted March 4, 2012 A good friend of mine is a shinsa'in on his prefecture's team and he told me that there are times when an old veteran or family member will come in with a family's showa-to WWII blade and he will let it through because it means a lot to the family. I would bet he is not alone. I would also bet that some dealers have friendly relationships with their local shinsa team and get similar favors.... Quote
kusunokimasahige Posted March 4, 2012 Report Posted March 4, 2012 There are a lot of Gunto for sale in Japan from what I see on several auction sites, and they are sold as art-swords. So Am I correct that there is a double standard in Japan concerning swords ? -Licensed Gendaito of licensed swordsmiths which are allowed -Nihonto as well as Gunto which are allowed as long as they have art-status -Iai-to which are allowed, the zink alloy as well as real swords and shinken versus -NCO swords which are not allowed (weapon) -Nihonto which are not allowed (weapon) -Gendaito which are not allowed (weapon) Et cetera et cetera. All very confusing imho.... I also see a lot of broken swords for sale in the Yahoo JP auctions. Terrible to look at from a collector's standpoint but maybe interesting for home made swordsmiths wanting good steel to forge new blades from... KM Quote
kusunokimasahige Posted March 4, 2012 Report Posted March 4, 2012 Well, I did read the article by Guido about Japanese sword laws from 2007, but laws can change. So I dont know the present day state of the law in Japan. http://www.swordforum.com/forums/showth ... sword-laws KM PS: I found the "double standard" remark less offensive as blatantly hypocrite... Sorry to have veered off topic. Quote
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