Tang translation

[Wmoore77]

Hi all I am new here and have a sword I’d like to know more about 
If anyone can help me with the translation I’d appreciate it all I know right now is it has the Seki stamp on it 

Thanks 

[Bruce Pennington]

Sure about the date: July 1942

Smith: 兼直 (Kanenao) but I'm bad about smith names, so could be wrong.

 

Small stamp is the Seki stamp, which means the blade was made non-tranditionally, in the Seki prefecture for the Army.

[DTM72]

Sho  

wa          Showa is period beginning 1926

Ju           10

Shichi     7

Nen         Year

Shichi      7

Gatsu      Month

Hi             Day

 

 

So, A day in the 7th month of 1943

 

I found 3 Kanenao working during Showa. All three examples used a full signature, not just the name. I posted the oshigata of the signature that looks closest in style to the original post. I found no exact match though. Hope this helps.

 

Dan

 

[Wmoore77]

Is there any doubt the signature is real 

could it have just been where there was a war going on 

[Bruce Pennington]

19 hours ago, DTM72 said:

So, A day in the 7th month of 1943

You forgot to subtract 1.  Showa 17 - 1 + 1926 = 1942.

 

I have read where (and I'm talking WAY out of my area of knowledge) the full mei is a sign the smith, himself, cut the mei, but the 2-character mei could be done by apprentice of mei-cutter.  Could be off-base about that, though.

[DTM72]

1 hour ago, Bruce Pennington said:

You forgot to subtract 1.  Showa 17 - 1 + 1926 = 1942.

 

Correct!!!, I was trying to do the math too fast in my head, while at work, on company time. lol. 1942 it is!

 

[DTM72]

15 hours ago, Wmoore77 said:

Is there any doubt the signature is real 

could it have just been where there was a war going on 

Not much doubt that the signature is real, I was just unable to find an exact match to the signature so I can't pin down the exact Kanenao it is. Here are all three I found, to compare side by side with yours.