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Unusual top seppa Pattern 1 copper Type 95
robinalexander posted a topic in Military Swords of Japan
I've been looking at seppa for the Pat. 1 copper Type 95 and saw this one (sold) from Antique Swords in UK. https://www.antique-swords.com/v04-ww2-Japanese-type-95-copper-hilted-army-ncos-sword.html Its interesting that it has exactly the same larger seppa on top and bottom ...being a holed version to accommodate retention clip/chuso. All others I have seen, in my limited experience, have had a smaller matching seppa on top and larger 'holed' seppa on bottom. Has anyone seen or own one similar to this? Rob
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seppa Translation and Interpretation Assistance
robinalexander posted a topic in Translation Assistance
Hi all, I recently bought a few seppa from Japan and after a close look found that three had, or may have, engravings of some kind. The most outstanding is a seppa with what I first thought were hammer marks but on closer in inspection it looks more like a 'picture' ....leaves....hills... or, is that simply my imagination? For clarity, I will post a couple of pics of the first seppa (ref above) accompanied with a carpenters pencil 'rubbing'. I will post the second and third seppa on following posts so as to avoid any confusion If the second and third seppa actually have legible markings, it would be great to know what they mean. Thank you.
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Here is the koshirae of my sun-nobi tanto. The saya is aogai-chirashi, the menuki are a feather design in shakudō, the fuchikashira is an engraving of ume tree and flowers on silver plate. The tusba is iron with a feather design on the rim and ishimeji on the surface. The kozuka of the kogatana is silver in what I think is a ishidatami pattern.
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In July 2014 there was a thread on udenuki-no-ana - two holes near the edge of the tsuba. A year earlier, there was another thread on the shape of the nakago-ana. I have just acquired the attached tsuba, recently bought in Tokyo, which has a hole at the top and bottom, thus presumably not udenuki-ana. The hitsu-ana are unusually narrow and there is a notch in one side of the seppa. The nakago-ana is of oblong shape rather than pointed. Can anyone shed any light on this tsuba please? In the same post, kissakai posted the other attached image. I have also acquired two tsuba, again bought recently in Tokyo, with the same motif. Is it known what the design is (flowers, pine, snowflakes, or?) please? Thanks and regards David
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So I recently acquired a wakizashi from a relative and wanted to learn a bit more about it. The sword was brought back from ww2 along with a few bayonets and an officer's sword. The blade itself is completely devoid of any kanji but the tsuba and seppa's have some kanji on them. Also on the kashira (hope that is the right term) there is a crest which from what I can tell is from the mori clan though I'm not entirely sure as there seems to be quite a few different variations of that particular crest. There are a few peculiarities with the sword however, the first is that there is only one peg holding the blade in place instead of the usual two. The second is that the scabbard is a good five inches longer than the actual blade. Also of note is that the entire guard is comprised of 6 seppa (seppa or seppas?) two slightly larger pieces and a central thicker tsuba made of copper. All of the seppa are either a brass or similar composite but two are very dark from ageing and from contact with the other non brass pieces. Any and all input is greatly appreciated.
