Kanji On Nakago Mune

[vajo]

Anyone has an idea for these two kanji?

 

I think they read:

 

 山 Yama

 

ホ Ho

 

Ho stands when i could remember for first Inspektion. But what means Yama (mountain).

 

[Stephen]

i dont think yama   ...more like KO M9

 

[vajo]

Stephen now the correct sheet 

[Peter Bleed]

To me this looks like the kanji "KO"  as in "small" and the katakana "HO" .

The first might be a name abriviation. The kana might also be a shortening  but it might be a serial marker - or a whole lot of other things.

Peter

[vajo]

Yes i think its KO.

 

Ko Kokura 

 

Kokura Arsenal first inspection?

[Jean]

Chris,

 

Take in the table the column M, then scroll down to line 9 and you have Stephen kanji « ko » translated just under, M9=ko.

 

It is the Ko meaning small as opposed to Chu (medium) and Dai or Ô meaning (big).

[vajo]

Thanks Jean

Stephen was first posting the false appendix. Now i see too that it is not yama. 

 

So KO is meaning small? The blade is 67,5 cm nagasa? 

 

Thanks for clearing.

[BANGBANGSAN]

小=Small

[Stephen]

It doesn't mean the blade is small.

 

checking the stroke count page it says Ko,Chika, and Sho. Not sure second is Ho

 

and yes big deal i posted the first index instead of second....big whoop ...corrected in less than a min. Dang

[Stephen]

spent a hour searching to confirm, i think it has to do with the steel used, but i cant finalize the hypothesis

[vajo]

George Trotter (2015)

"I had a Muto Hidehiro RJT gendaito that had "ko" and "ho" for Kokura and first inspection"

 

http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/17771-kanenobu-help/

[Bruce Pennington]

Chris,

 

From the Ohmura website, they are both Kokura insp

　"Army Arsenal Kokura Factory - Kokura Army Arsenal inspection mark: "Ko".

　"Ko" stamp is not discovered except for the following example. It seems that the inspection mark

　used the "To" commonly since most Tokyo Factories relocated to Kokura Factory.

 

　

　"Army Arsenal Kokura First Factory inspection mark: "Ho"."

[vajo]

Thanks Bruce, i tought so. KO stands for Kokura and HO for first Inspektion. 

 

I think that is the mark when they pick up the sword from the swordsmiths and checked the quality.

 

At the end of the nakago mune is a small brass inlay. The picture is bad, so i try to make a better if the sun comes out 

[J Reid]

Chris,

Found this..