Translation help, please!

[hxv]

Hi,

 

Please help me with the attached mei. I couldn't figure out the 2nd kanji. Yoshi ... saku.

 

Thank you,

Hoanh

 

[NihontoEurope]

Hi there,

 

It is HARU (治).

 

/Martin

[hxv]

I see it now. Thank you so much Martin!

 

Hoanh

[george trotter]

Good luck in the auction Hoanh.

[hxv]

Thank you George. The nakago looks old, but Yoshiharu is listed in HAWLEY as a WWII smith. The mei doesn't look like the usual WW2 hastily chiseled mei. I like the mei, actually. I don't know what to think of this sword. I'm looking for input on the merit of the sword and/or any other advice, please?

 

Regards,

Hoanh

[SwordGuyJoe]

Do you have any other photos of the sword and koshirae, auction description or anything to base an opinion or advise on? It is impossible to advise based on a close up of a mei alone.

[Nihonto Chicken]

Thank you George. The nakago looks old, but Yoshiharu is listed in HAWLEY as a WWII smith. The mei doesn't look like the usual WW2 hastily chiseled mei. I like the mei, actually. I don't know what to think of this sword. I'm looking for input on the merit of the sword and/or any other advice, please?

 

Regards,

Hoanh

 

Hi, just was surfing by and came across this thread. I have a WWII gunto with a Yoshi Haru mei. It is very much different than your sword's mei. My blade is hiro suguha nioi deki, no nakago stamps. Mei below:

 

 

Hard to believe there were two Pacific War Yoshi Haru smiths, or that someone would attempt a gimei of such a minor smith.

 

EDIT: Here's a link to an older Yoshi Haru thread wherein the mei matches mine:

 

viewtopic.php?f=50&t=11109

 

EDIT #2: Oops, maybe there are two of them:

 

viewtopic.php?f=15&t=5794