SHOW US YOUR GUNTO HORIMONO

[Bruce Pennington]

It is interesting, @Bruno, after seeing the examples, that they seem to be quite early in the war - mid '30s - 1940/41.  Not seeing examples after that, when the Army took control of sword production.

[Kiipu]

盡忠 = Jinchū = Faithfulness

Japanese World War 2 sword with combat cover

[Bruce Pennington]

14 hours ago, Kiipu said:

 

盡忠 = Jinchū = Faithfulness

 

I wonder why the late war army swords so often have the black same?

 

Posting photos:

[Kiipu]

Not exactly a military sword, but I think everyone will like looking at it nevertheless.

甲子大黒天 Kinoene Daikokuten (translation courtesy of Edokko).

Engraving on Samurai blade?

[Bruce Pennington]

Posting some photos.  It's on a Yoshimichi blade.  Poor George will be disappointed his blade isn't the one and only!  We have 3 now.

 

 

[Kiipu]

A Kanenobu made blade that is engraved on both sides of the blade.

濃州関住兼信作 Nōshū Seki-jū Kanenobu saku.

Translation Help With Kanji On Both Sides Of The Blade Itself

[mecox]

@Kiipu and @Bruce Pennington  the gunto by Yoshimichi with interesting horimono and  "甲子大黒天  Kinoene Daikokuten" could be one of three generations (maybe 3rd gen?). Sesko shows:  

YOSHIMICHI (吉道), 1st gen., Kanbun (寛文, 1661-1673), Settsu – “Yamato no Kami Yoshimichi” (大和守吉道), real name Mishina Uzaemon (三品宇左衛門), second son of the 1st gen. Ōsaka-Tanba,  signatures from the first year of Jōō (承応, 1652) to the third year of Enpō (延宝, 1675), mostly a wide mihaba and a thick kasane, the jigane is a dense ko-mokume with ji-nie, the hamon is a chōji in nioi-deki with a sugu-yakidashi and ko-nie.

YOSHIMICHI (吉道), 2nd gen., Enpō (延宝, 1673-1681), Settsu – “Settsu – “Yamato no Kami Yoshimichi” (大和守吉道), real name Mishina Shirōbei (三品四郎兵衛), he changed his first name  to Den´emon (伝右衛門) and also worked in Himeji in Harima province, so also called Himeji-Yamato (姫路大和).  During the Kanbun era (寛文, 1661-1673) he was invited by Tokugawa Mitsukuni (徳川光圀, 1628-1701) – the daimyō of the Mito fief (水戸藩) – to forge in Mito´s Shichiken-machi (七軒町).  (There is also the tradition that it was the 1st gen. Yamato no Kami Yoshimichi who went to Mito).  He worked in the style of the 1st gen. but his hamon is slanted.

YOSHIMICHI (吉道), 3rd gen., Genroku (元禄, 1688-1704), Settsu – “Settsu – “Yamato no Kami Yoshimichi” (大和守吉道), real name Mishina U´emon (三品宇右衛門), he signed in early years with Yukimichi (幸道).

There are plenty of images (and shrines)  of Daikokuton 

[BANGBANGSAN]

My Profile photo is 大威德明王/Yamantaka, he and 大黑天/Mahakala look very similar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Skizzo84]

[Bruce Pennington]

6 hours ago, Skizzo84 said:

Albert, who was the smith on this one?  How about a photo of the whole rig, too?

[Michael 67]

here is my Shigemasa Sword, with what I think are two very nice Horimono

 

 

 

 

 

[Bruce Pennington]

2 hours ago, Michael 67 said:

my Shigemasa

Well, Michael, looks like you've been holding out on me!  I don't have that Shigemasa kakihan (kao) on file!  In fact this is the first time I've seen a Shigemasa kakihan.  

Thanks, though, now I do!

[Volker62]

[Volker62]

congrat's Michael

 

 

simply beautiful

 

thank you for sharing!

[Volker62]

Hisakatsu Tanto in two wooden boxes with Horimono

 

 " Holy" sword with name

 

Hisakatsu was a leading smith in the produktion of the koa ishin Mantetsu

[Volker62]

according to the writing on the Tanto's boxes:

 

Amakumi shinken    "divine sword Amakuni"

 

 

"presented after rekindling the ritual holy fire"

 

"written by takenaka miyuki from the race of God's"

 

"the blade is called Amakuni"

 

 

"swordsmith Takeshima Hisakatsu in a ritually cleaned place at the foot of the mount Iwaki"

[Bruce Pennington]

20 hours ago, Volker62 said:

Hisakatsu Tanto in two wooden boxes with Horimono

That is an incredible item, Volker! Wow.

[Volker62]

thank you

 

 

quite interesting little blade,all original made by a famous smith

[Bruce Pennington]

Here's one on a Kanemune blade, posted by @KB1107 HERE.