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Rather than a mon, I believe this to be, probably, a Chosen (Korea) Sonin-level official sword.  Confusing, though, because it seems from the side view, that there is a 10-petal sakura on the backstrap.  Do you have photos of the handguard pattern, and a straight shot of the backstrap?  Dawson shows the Chosen swords on page 346-8.  Navy Admiral swords can have the kiri, too, but their floral patterns are different than this (page 264).

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4 hours ago, Bruce Pennington said:

Now that we're off-the-reservation, does anyone know if the Chinese used mon?  This is the head of the metal mekugi on a Chinese National Type 19:

30513945_Chinesemon.thumb.png.484724e71e465de184c3da4854bd33aa.pngRare and Important WW II Chinese General's Sword, Beiyang Army, Qing Dynasty. Very Fine Grip & Gilt

I made a thread about this sword when it first came to auction a few months ago. The mon belongs to the beiyang army. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beiyang_Army

 

When the Japanese occupied the area they reused the symbolism to validate their occupation. Here is the link to the previous thread

 

 

 

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Unfortunately, I do not have any pictures of it, but many years back I had a nice type 98 Shin-Gunto, made by Asano Kanezane, with the silver mon of the Sakai family on the kabuto gane. The sword also had its leather combat cover on the saya, and this had the Sakai mon neatly tooled into the leather between the ashi and the koiguchi,and coloured red.

I had a couple of swords by Kanezane, and this one I think was not actually by him, but made by a member of his workshop and bore his name. I believe that was not unusual with kanezane's workshop.

 

Great thread, and thank you for all who have contributed. It has been a fascinating read!

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