WORLD WAR 2 Japanese Sword shin gunto army WWII KATANA

[Swords]

I can use help translate the kanji

I took many pictures

 

 

 

thank you

steve 

[SteveM]

We just talked about this sword in a recent thread. Cross-posting this here for easy reference. I can't find this smith in any reference. He appears once or twice in a thread on a different forum, but I don't know if anything is known about him, when he lived, or if he was even real. (It does look like a late Edo signature, but other than that I know absolutely nothing of this smith). 

 

 

[vajo]

Must be a high important sword because the mei is in green enamel. 

[Swords]

Thanks for your input Steve 

As far as far as the kanji in green enamel 

White chalk would hav been better 

 

 

 

[DTM72]

12 hours ago, Swords said:

Thanks for your input Steve 

As far as far as the kanji in green enamel 

White chalk would hav been better 

 

 

 

@Swords With the depth of the markings, it would actually be better to shadow the impressions with light. There is also a very helpful feature that is available to everyone on the board to help you translate items yourself. See pic below for locating this helpful feature, outlined in red.

[Swords]

Thanks for your input Steve 

As far as far as the kanji in green enamel 

White chalk would hav been better 

 

 

Good information about the translation thank you 

[Swords]

It just sold on eBay for 1300 not bad for a Japanese sword