Mark

Can someone assist with the date. I can see Empo 3 so August 1675, but i see an additional kanji between "year" and "8". Maybe it is a Zodiac date? thanks

i think the sword may be suriage, or it was made mumei, so the makers name is not on the nakago, so you will not find it on a picture of the nakago, the paper is an attribution, saying an OPINION is it was made Kaneshige, not that it is signed by him and genuine

i am not a "board expert" but my computer screen is now covered in the liquid i was drinking when i checked the auction

Thanks Chris and Piers. That makes sense. The poem is on a cane sword made to look like a branch of a cherry tree with a section shaved off and the poem written there.

Piers Thanks! Maybe someone else will know what it is, it is an interesting research project. Thanks for the lead and pointing out the right direction.

Piers, Thanks! I appreciate the search. I tried a translation program and got "Chopped (called white cherry cross poems and) cross poetry as you snuck a patron hotel garden single penetrate tight guard Kojima takatoku furiously cherry tree stem white at. Tian Mo empty goujian made at non-無范 Li [書き下し statement] heaven, goujian 空（むな）し till that he (average) and. When Fan Li 無きにしも非ず. [Drift] heaven is abandoned, and servile defeated in battle with the Wu and Yue King goujian never forsake the late Emperor did not like. Make sure 現れましょう is a faithful servant, was a faithful servant named hanrei goujian led the late Emperor" So i think the program is not getting the meaning of the Japanese text. Can someone give me the meaning? I am thinking it is a poem or saying thanks again

there is writing on the saya of a cane style sword. I can not make out the meaning. Thanks for the help

Thanks to all! I appreicate the info and link to the past discussion.

i "think" i see ToTo (Tokyo) ? ? Ju Sa Masa Masa but that makes no sense, so i am missing something. Any help appreciated. Thanks!

Matt I will be visiting Louisville in December. If that is close enough i would be happy to look at it if we can get together

looks like it was a red lacquer attribution maybe by one of the Honami

picture is not that clear but looks like Yoshihiro

I agree, larry, Chris, and everyone else who helped made the weekend great! I heard a lot of possitive comments about the shinsa.

Takemasa, i think

looks like Kanesada

BiShu Osafune Ju Katsumitsu

kuniyuki

Takada ju Yukihisa so a Bungo smthi

made by Hidetoshi. it is a standard production WWII blade. you can reserach hidetoshi and find some information about him

i will be attending, willl have a couple of tables. I will bring some swords, fittings, books etc. i hope we can put names with faces

seems the person was not really interested in learning about nihonto, just trying to use us to make money. too bad. i see the seller has NO RETURN and will charge $30 to mail a sword that should cost about $10

mei looks like Kanemoto to me.

I would refer to a Koto unsigned "blade" (over 24") as a Daito and then describe it "in koshirae" as a tachi or katana. If the blade was ubu and clearly could be ascribed to a certain time period (say Kamakura vs. sue-Koto) then i would go further and call it a tachi or katana blade, but where there is doubt Daito seems to cover it.

it looks like Kanetsugu to me, but other members will confirm or correct me

Morita-san Thank you! I thought so but it is good to know. I appreciate the picture with kanji.