Swordsmith issue

[vajo]

maybe someone can help me.

 

The swordsmith is Miyaguchi Yasuhiro

the blade is signed Miyaguchi Kunimori

 

There are "some" blades from Miyaguchi Kunimori all around the internet and here in the board.

 

The smith - born 1897 startet 1933 and signed with follow signatures

 

Toshihiro

Miyaguchi Ikkansai Toshihiro

Yasuhiro (as he forged for the Yasukuni shrine)

Miyagucchi Yasuhiro

Ikkansai Kunimori

Miyaguchi Kunimori

 

He died 1956

 

Now my problem. The most swords of him are not dated. The most swords of him found in the i-net are signed with Miyaguchi Kunimori

 

Could it be that these Miyaguchi Kunimori blades are all post war forged blades?

 

Did anyone had a Miyaguchi Kunimori signed blade in Type98 oder Type3 mounts?

 

[PNSSHOGUN]

Hi Chris, I do not believe these are post war as the few I have observed were in good quality Gunto mounts clearly made for the sword. 

[vajo]

The one i spot on is in i belive post war daisho mounts. I think it was for iiato or something else.

 

the tsuba looks edo

 

[Jacques D.]

Chris, 

 

It is impossible that this smith made swords after the war, because the making of swords was totally prohibited from the end of the war until the reconstruction of Ise Shrine in 1953, when the making of 20 swords was allowed for offering to the temple 

[vajo]

Yes Jacques 

He died 3 years after the forge was heaten again. Maybe he made some after 1953. But when he was using all this names in 12 years of forging swords. 

He forged for the Yasukuni Shrine fulltime.

 

[Beater]

Chris

I may have misunderstood but the mei you show is “Toto ju nin. Ikkansai Kunimori kin saku”. (東都住人 一貫斎国護謹作).This is the mei used whilst he worked at Baron Okura’s tanren Jo. It is widely thought blades were actually made by his pupils and merely signed by Miyaguchi. They are not thought to be true gendaito.

Every one I’ve seen was mounted in good Shingunto mounts and would date from around 1937 onwards, after he left Yasukuni.

Regards,

Kevin

 

[Nicholas]

I have one in type 98 mounts.