Big Collection - Something for Everyone!

[Bruce Pennington]

Came across this site recently.  Amazing collection of dirks and swords of all kinds.  Even some backpacks and guns at the end.  Enjoy:

 

http://cb1100f.b10.coreserver.jp/collection3a.html

[mdiddy]

Wow, nice find, that is a serious trove! Amongst everything else, there is a lot of really cool officer-specific content near the end, e.g. general ID'd swords. Impressive.

[Bryce]

Wow. This seems to confirm all the stories about military swords being destroyed upon their return to Japan in the past.

Cheers,

Bryce

[drb 1643]

This site looks amazing but is there a way to view it in English?

Tom

[PNSSHOGUN]

Copy the link into google translate or view with the chrome browser. 

[Guest Simon R]

Alas, when you Google Translate, it appears (at least at first sight) to be a somewhat right-wing biased, anti-American site.

There are various dealers of WWII Japanese militaria around Tokyo and Osaka who apparently share these views. (The men and women who ride around in black vans spewing racist slogans and certain gentlemen with very impressive tattoos are often customers.)

For example, the following - badly translated - quote attached to a gunto with an old blade and a kiku crest on the habaki:

"The tsuba is engraved with “Kennori Gi”. The officer who was bestowed upon him was deeply moved. If it hadn't been defeated, it would have been left as a family heirloom for generations. sadly It's been 67 years since the end of the war, and I'm returning to my hometown... Once again, Japan's tragic defeat, aside from the war and economic development... the miserable dogeza (humiliation) that continues even now after the defeat In politics that lacks diplomacy and autonomy, rather than calling it an independent country, the United States occupied I can see the situation that I haven't escaped yet... I can't help but sigh."