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Thanks for the clarification, I thought so, just asked to be sure.

Well, this was very rich discussion with great points made here. To clarify I was not necessarily looking for authentication of the signatures, even if I phrased it that way. I was looking some facts about the presented koshirae and its parts. Something that can be written down about the piece and recorded. Maybye one thing to ask, since the signsturess differ slightly, do they say the same name in the end ? Like does it mean the same name or are there different translations with the different kanji used there? Just checking if all say the same name or not. I have enjoyed looking at this koshirae, it is really well made, also taking pictures and looking at them later they dont do the craftsmanship justice it deserves. In person it is conplety different, it feels, more. I guess, cant think of anything else to say about it 😆 Love the wave theme and this great. Really cool that the collection has this good quality piece, compared to the rest, there are 4 nihonto in total + 1 in Austrian fittings and 2 NCR guntos. Not much but it is not the focus/goal of the institution to get more Japanese swords. We are happy with what we got. Thank you everyone for all the input here. Much appreciated

Oh yeah, dont let me start about fakes of... well... everything. Good thing to be able to examine original stuff to compare possible fakes to. It does not bother me personally 😆 I am simply gathering data on an interesting subject, semi research. Unfortunately for this piece, shinsa is nigh impossible to happen ever.

Amazing hear multiple sides. My question would be, when was the "hay day" so to speak for the fake signatures? Did they říše after Edo period ended? Before 2nd World war? After? When would the possibility of the fake signature be highest? Since this blade was in Czech Republic then Austria Hungary probably for more than 170 years or at least 120... Given his active period, when the blade was forged and then the move to bohemia with some royalty that visited the lamd of the rising sun. Educated guess for it would be around the time the Successor to the throne Franz Ferdinand d'este visited Japan in 1893 and someone from his entourage, probably same case as with the navy officer who had a Japanese blade fitted to his golden saber fittings I posted some time ago. There is also quite a lot of different Japanese swords in czech castles that belonged to the nobility.

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I might have to take a better picture with this detail but on the fuchi the carving behind the waves is extremely deep like at least 4 mm deep. That is super cool, but probably not visibile in this picture.

Sure, I will add some I have taken pictures of

And I mean I noticed differences in characters used between all 3 signatures, is that the reason enough to be doubtfull about it if it is authentic?

So does that mean that it is possible that the signsture on other pieces was added later? Is it possible that it was made by his workshop and justcsogned by someone else with his name? Unless it was faked in period, there zero to very slim chance of this blade and koshirae getting into fakers hands and just adding 2 more signatures. Because overall, quality is consistent through out the whole koshirae. Is there any resource to read some more about teruhide in question? Otherwise thanks a lot for translation.

Hi, sorry to bother I have found signatures on some pieces of the koshirae I am taking care of and would love to know the translation of it. To my eye it looks like the signatures are similiar with some characters being different piece to piece. 4th picture is a kozuka back side. Overall it is truly a beautifull set with my favorite wave theme so I had to include the whole picture. And to be clear this one is not mine. It is a museum piece I am cleaning because for past 100 years or so it was not touched and had whole surface gunked up by old wax coatings or oils and such. Any help would be greately appreciated. Best regards, Martin Cheers

that is extremely helpfull, thank you so much

I had the same feeling as well, that is why I am asking here

Hey, hi I am.once again asking for translation help if possible. This time on tsuba. Also if anyone knows hownthe theme on it is called, or motifs, that would be great help as well. Thanks, Cheers.

Really sorry about the quality, tried taking some good ones for at least an hour but those are the best I can do......

And the Sagami no kuni Tsunahiro

Here is the Echigo no kami Kanesada, nanbantetsu. Unfortunately this one is scratched all over the blade.

Hi, tried taking some but I am completetly incapable of taking good pictures not even when following the tips for taking them. Well then here goes the Inoue Shinkai.

Sure, I will attempt to take some good pitures of them tomorrow. i hope I will manage

Thank you so much, that was quick, the one made with nanbantetsu is especially cool.

Hi, I would like to ask for translation assistance on 3 swords that landed on my table. If anyone would be of help it would mean a lot and be of great help. Didnt have time to take proper pictures of the blades, hopefully I will get to it later this week if anyone is interested after translation. Thank you for your time everyone, Best regards, Martin

yes that is correct, this is the top view, for the time those are the only 2 pics I have