Ray Singer

See below. https://nihontoclub.com/smiths/NAG101

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Katana, signed Nobutomo saku (Kashu, meaning Kaga school/location).

Hi Max, the sword you shared pictures of is an NCO. It is not a traditionally made Japanese sword. Is that what you are looking for? The link below provides good information and examples of different types of gunto from that time period. http://ohmura-study.net/900.html

It is a wakizashi (as written on the kanteisho) As fair as being gifted by Ieyasu, it is always best to use take descriptions with a grain of salt (a skeptical mind) when viewing swords being sold at the online auctions like Yahoo Japan.

Here is another.

Kaneuji (Seki). This means Muromachi period Sue-Seki Kaneuji.

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Not a rabbit. This is a Japanese kanji which is read DO / MICHI.

It seems to very clearly be a koto Bizen blade. Fingers crossed it is something nice like Osafune Yasumitsu or Morimitsu.

No worries Greg, I gave you feedback in your other posts. The koto (Muromachi period) tanto js the most interesting. Please show the other side of that one, and also please note not to do anything on your own to remove rust or polish the blades.

Please show the other side. This is only the date. The 22nd year of the Oei period.

My best guess is. 越前__康継入道 Echizen __ Yasutsugu Nyudo

Seki ju Kanemichi kore o saku A WWII era arsenal blade (a showato). The blade itself dates to the 1940s. It is not older. There is a SHO stamp on the nakago, informing that this is an Arsenal blade and is not fully traditionally made

Fujiwara Kunihiro. Perhaps a Sue-Koto blade purporting to be Horikawa Kunihiro.

As far as the blog itself, those are the same pages I am linking to above (the last archived version of each page in the blog).

Appears to be signed Yoshimitsu. There was a well known individual who signed this way (Toshiro Yoshimitsu) and a lineage in Tosa of Yoshimitsu. Either way, this is koto. My suggestion is to have the sword evaluated (sent to shinsa for papers) and please note that you should not do anything to clean or remove rust on your own. Most especially, do not remove rust from the tang to try and improve readability, it can be read as it is.

Hi Mark, please carefully remove the handle and show the nakago (tang) on each side. Best regards, Ray

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I have links to the archived pages of his blog below, however this is text only and does not include his photos and the charts that Darcy created. https://swordsofjapa...-brockbank-articles/

A lucky day in June 1943

Perhaps: Seki ju Matsuda Kanetaka.

And yes, this looks convincingly like a Muromachi period blade, and my gut feeling is that the inscription is authentic

The nakago (tang) must remain in the current condition. The black patina that you see is correct for the time period and should not be cleaned or removed in any way. As far as the blade itself, Japanese swords were polished intermittently every few years or decades depending on the conditions that they were kept. I would not look at the current condition with rust and take into consideration it's overall age as the reason for pitting. A sword that is only a few years old and poorly maintained can similarly become rusted and pitted. I strongly advocate as well for speaking with Andrew.

I believe this is Uda Kunimune. Muromachi period.