What "mon" / Marking Is This?

[ilikesword]

Hello,

 

I have this Tachi with the pictured "mon" on it.  Would like to know if anyone here can Identify it?  I think it is of WW2 vintage.  (Kashira looks like a Shingunto "style" / form).  The blade however is Koto.  The only item i could find that came close is the Mukden Arsenal but the Tachi has more lines and circle.  Your assistance would be greatly appreciated!! 

[lonely panet]

JUST a idea, with no evidence to back up the idea, but maybe a Emblem belonging to a small railway company that hasn't been recoreded yet

[ilikesword]

Hamfish,

 

Thanks for the reply.  Interesting thought.  Only have seen the 3 main Railroad emblems:  South Manchuria, Northern China & Central China.

 

Thank You!!

[SteveM]

I was thinking it might be a variation on the rising sun mon (日足紋) 

 

Something like "Nijū maru ni kyūhon nissoku", but Google wasn't too impressed with that wild guess. 

 

http://www.harimaya.com/o_kamon1/yurai/a_yurai/pack2/hiasi.html

 

My other guess was MercedesBenz.

[Stephen]

Art deco

[Baka Gaijin]

Interesting.

 

Fans?

 

Closest I can get is a repeat of the paper shape used for fans known as Jigami:

 

Maru ni Chuin Mitsu Jigami

 

Or maybe stylised Ougi in which case

 

Maru ni Mitsu Ougi  

 

丸に三つ扇紋

 

What do you think of this?

 

http://kamon-db.net/portfolio/mutsuougi

 

 

[Kai-Gunto]

Nice tachi????

[lonely panet]

I think there were 8 to 10 railway companys operating around the 1900-45 era

[ilikesword]

Thanks to all who responded!!!  Some great thoughts and links!

[Bruce Pennington]

Just stumbled across this. I've never seen a gunto made by the Mukden arsenal, but the symbol is the same as these: [url=https://www.google.com/search?q=mukden+arsenal&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwif4pqn66DOAhUMy2MKHRZwA9EQ7AkINQ&biw=1280&bih=775]https://www.google.com/search?q=mukden+arsenal&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwif4pqn66DOAhUMy2MKHRZwA9EQ7AkINQ&biw=1280&bih=775[/url

 

Also here: http://ohmura-study.net/794.html

[IanB]

There is / was a helmet in the Ducal Armoury in Torino, Italy with a very similar kamon to that on your tachi. During the 19th century they had three armours, two being Momoyama / early Edo and a late Edo do-maru acquired after Japan was opened to the West. One of the earlier armours was photographed in the 19th century but on a visit there all I could find in storage was the helmet of the do-maru and one from one of the early armours which had the similar kamon to your tachi. I say it is / was there since someone else is supposed to have seen the whole armour on display - but wasn't when I was there. Since the rest of the do-maru had vanished as well I wonder about just what does survive there.

Ian Bottomley