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Looks like a name stamped on the crossguard.

高塚 Takatsuka plus other pronunciations.

The first name is hard to make out but ends with 崎.

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Ran across this a few days ago while reading Dawson's book.  The quote is coming from a picture caption and is easily overlooked.

 

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According to military historian SASAMA Yoshihiko 笹間良彦, black hilt tape and black scabbards date to 1943.

 

Dawson, Jim. Swords of Imperial Japan, 1868–1945. Cyclopedia edition. Stenger-Scott Publishing, 2007. Page 156.

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