Noshu ju Kanemasa

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Gentlemen, please, I need help with the identification of another my sword. It's a classic showato with Showa stamp, traditional shape ww2 Seki swords, by oil tempered blade. If I read correctly mei, it is Noshu ju Kanemasa.

 

Mei seems to me odd - the shape of individual kanji appears primitive, disheveled. On the other hand, I think that mei is not fake, it looks like old.

If it's really Kanemasa, during ww2 were in Seki least 4 sword makers with this name.

 

What do you think about the shape of mei and which from these Kanemasas belong to? Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

 

Regards

Petr

[cisco-san]

I guess it´s this Kanemasa (from Markus´s book)

Kanemasa (兼正), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – „Nōshū-jū Kanemasa“ (濃州住兼正), „Shuryūshi Kanemasa“ (炷龍子兼正), „Nōshū Seki-jūnin Kanemasa“ (濃州関住人兼正), civilian name „Ōno Masaki“ (大野正己), born in February 1923, he was adopted by the Ōno family and studied under Morita Kaneshige (森田兼重), gō „Shuryūshi“ (炷龍子), younger brother of Yoshida Masaaki (吉田正明)

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I guess it´s this Kanemasa (from Markus´s book) ...

 

Klaus, thank you for your opinion. I appreciate it. You've seen some sword of this swordmaker? Is mei similar? I mean unusual shapes of kanji. Thank you for your answer.

 

Regards

Petr

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Coincidentally, now someone exposes sword with an identical signature on eBay.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-katana-sword-with-koshirae-tsuba-kashira-menuki-/200900230826?pt=Asian_Antiques&hash=item2ec6963eaa

 

Sword maker is equally identified as Klaus did it.

 

Regards

Petr

[cabowen]

Many, if not most, of these WWII sword factories had more than one person signing the blades. As a result, we see variation in how the signatures are cut on factory made blades.