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Just acquired a new nihonto, but can not identify what the kanji says. Its located on the other side from Mei, might be the date

Could someone assist? Any help is appreciated! 

 

 

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It's the name given to the sword. 

囗龍丸   (something-ryūmaru)

 

Ryū means "dragon", and the "maru" indicates the word is meant as a name. I can't read the first character. There was a famous sword with the name of 龍丸 (Hiryūmaru - flying dragon). The first character in this inscription doesn't look like , though. 

 

Possible to get a look at the other side? 

 

Edit: Maybe 雲龍丸 (Unryūmaru - Cloud dragon).

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14 minutes ago, SteveM said:

It's the name given to the sword. 

囗龍丸   (something-ryūmaru)

 

Ryū means "dragon", and the "maru" indicates the word is meant as a name. I can't read the first character. There was a famous sword with the name of 龍丸 (Hiryūmaru - flying dragon). The first character in this inscription doesn't look like , though. 

 

Possible to get a look at the other side? 

 

Edit: Maybe 雲龍丸 (Unryūmaru - Cloud dragon).

Thanks for a quick reply! 
Sounds really interesting though :o

Here is the other side: 

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Dear Koltira.

 

You didn't ask for a translation of this side so I presume you already have it as Tsuda Echizen no kami Sukehiro?  At least there will be quite a few papered examples to compare with yours.:)

 

All the best.

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14 minutes ago, Geraint said:

Dear Koltira.

 

You didn't ask for a translation of this side so I presume you already have it as Tsuda Echizen no kami Sukehiro?  At least there will be quite a few papered examples to compare with yours.:)

 

All the best.

Yeah I was able to find this one on https://nihontoclub.com/ :)

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