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  1. Hizen (no) kuni Tadaaki saku kore, dated 1943.
  2. The mei is Mitsunaga
  3. I believe this reads: - Sagami (no) kami Fujiwara Kaneyasu - Noshu Seki ju
  4. The inlay does appear to be in glass, and I coincidentally received this piece below just a few hours ago. Best regards, Ray
  5. Hi Ron, please see below. 兼門 - Kanekado 善定 - Yoshisada
  6. In all seriousness, if you paid someone to appraise your sword and they told you that it was a WWII era blade by Ichihara Nagamitsu and signed Bizen Osafune ju Nagamitsu saku you should ask for your money back. See below. On the left is an inscription by Ichihara Nagamitsu. On the right is an inscription by first generation Yasutsugu. Compare the kanji with what is inscribed on your sword. |
  7. Hi Darin, not sure if this is the sword you intended to post but it is not a blade by Ichihara Nagamitsu nor is it signed Bizen Osafune jū Nagamitsu saku. The mei is Bushu Edo Echizen ju Yasutsugu and appears to be a Shinto blade, from the early part of the Edo period.
  8. The Kai-Go sold privately in the US. https://www.sho-shin.com/kai-go.pdf https://www.sho-shin.com/kai.pdf https://www.sho-shin.com/hoku12a.htm https://www.sho-shin.com/kaipics.htm
  9. Yes, unfortunately I would not put a lot of faith in the Muramasa mei however it seems to be nicely mounted in the current koshirae. I would suggest to your friend not to place the bare blade and soft metal fittings directly on a stone surface like this.
  10. Please show the entire nakago clearly and fully. Are there any arsenal stamps present?
  11. Kaneshige (no date)
  12. Yasumitsu, dated November 1943.
  13. Yes, Nagasa: 72.0cm. The fact that it is daito length and signed katana-mei (on the katana side of the nakago) is not a good sign as far as being a legitimate mainline Hizen-to.
  14. Vit, the blade is signed Tadayoshi as is indeed an authentic Edo period sword. However there were many blades with gimei (fake inscriptions) from the Hizen Tadayoshi school and I could suggest holding for something with papers (kanteisho) which this does not have. The attached document is simply a torokusho sword license and does not authenticate the inscription or give any type of attribution for the sword.
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