Joe Choi Posted June 21, 2008 Report Posted June 21, 2008 Hello... Just picked up this sword today from a Military Collector, the tag that came with stated as Maeda Hiromichi, is it correct and which period is this from? Thank You... Joe Quote
Guest reinhard Posted June 21, 2008 Report Posted June 21, 2008 Maeda Hiromichi is correct. The name to the left reads probably: Mr. Szabo Anton. Szabo is a common Hungarian family name. reinhard Quote
Joe Choi Posted June 22, 2008 Author Report Posted June 22, 2008 Thank You... How about the nakago, by looking could you see which period it is? Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted June 22, 2008 Report Posted June 22, 2008 In the swordsmith database above there are two possible Hiromichi candidates for Showa Gunto, but the 'Maeda' is not clear. PS Reinhard, not that it has anything to do with the price of fish, but the left name on the tag looks closer to 'Antoni' than 'Anton'. Quote
Brian Posted June 22, 2008 Report Posted June 22, 2008 Not that I can read the name, but if indeed it does read closer to Antoni than Anton, then might I suggest he may have been Anthony? (would be pronounced Antoni?) Brian Edit to add: I found online examples of people called Anton, Antoni and Anthony Szabo. Not that it's important, but anyways.... :D Quote
Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini Posted June 22, 2008 Report Posted June 22, 2008 If it's not a naturalized American, Anton sounds more appropriate for an Hungarian. Antoni should be more "Rumanian". Quote
Guest reinhard Posted June 22, 2008 Report Posted June 22, 2008 My mistake: the final character of the given name is the katakana for "ni". Therefore the (given) name probably reads: "Anthony" or "Antoni". I can't say much about the mei. It is almost illegible for me and the nakago (especially the jiri) looks strange. reinhard Quote
Markus Posted June 23, 2008 Report Posted June 23, 2008 Although almost illegible, the mei reads just as the tag "Maeda Hiromichi". IMHO a Shôwa-like meiburi and nakago... Quote
Joe Choi Posted June 25, 2008 Author Report Posted June 25, 2008 Thanks for the info.... Could it be older then showa? Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted June 25, 2008 Report Posted June 25, 2008 I don't see how anyone can be 100% sure that the tag is correct. If you ask, "can you see Maeda there?" then sure, but we could also see other things too. Whoever wrote the tag had the benefit of handling it and viewing it in different lights, an advantage that we don't have here, unfortunately. The area around the Mei looks very messy. Has someone tried to clean it up? Were there, at some time, other characters underneath? Can you take further shots from different angles under different lighting? Quote
Markus Posted June 25, 2008 Report Posted June 25, 2008 This is what I see: I think, together with the fact that there is the tag, we can agree that the mei on the sword should correspond to the tag. IMHO, the finishing of the nakago (that means the slightly rounded edges, as well as the jiri) and the "tight" meiburi is very typical for Showa. And of course, I am not 100 % sure. Quote
Joe Choi Posted June 27, 2008 Author Report Posted June 27, 2008 Thank you everyone.... For your help, I really appreciate the time you guys took. Thanks.... Joe Quote
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