Wooly77 Posted March 1, 2020 Report Share Posted March 1, 2020 A recent acquisition in combat cover and would like some help with a translation of this signature please. There also seems to be another kanji on the opposite side. All help wil be gratefully appreciated. Regards, Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROKUJURO Posted March 1, 2020 Report Share Posted March 1, 2020 Paul,too much corrosion on the NAKAGO to read the MEI. It could be something with X...YOSHI. As it is red (active) rust, a part of it could possibly be removed by an expert (using NO tools), making the first KANJI of rhe signature readable. Date is August 1943. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george trotter Posted March 2, 2020 Report Share Posted March 2, 2020 This may be way out of line, but may I say this sword (with reservations) may be a Yasukunito by Yasuyoshi. Points in favour...Yasukunitosho always signed above the mekugi ana. Yasukunito I have seen are always badly rusted (maybe the iron is more susceptible to SW Pacific humidity than showato?) .2 character signature...same as Yasukunito. General shape/hamon/length (what I can see) fits with Yasukunito. Yasuyoshi nakago jiri was rounded (can't see exactly in pic,) but this too seems rounded. Points against.... Yasukunito usually had kiri yasutimei but this one is taka no ha. I'm mostly guessing. I'm no expert on Yasuyoshi / Yasukunito but their work came immediately to mind when I saw the pics. Anyway, hope this helps the discussion a bit (read: doesn't get me into too much trouble). Regards, 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Bleed Posted March 2, 2020 Report Share Posted March 2, 2020 George makes an interesting point... Peter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooly77 Posted March 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2020 Many thanks for the help so far. I am still on a steep learning curve. Regards, Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken-Hawaii Posted March 2, 2020 Report Share Posted March 2, 2020 Some of us have been studying for decades, & we're still on a steep learning curve! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANGBANGSAN Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 昭和十八年八月日 ?吉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volker62 Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 maybe Yasuyoshi? The yasurime in this case looks like "takanoa" Mino Yasukuni however is always kiri yasurime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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