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Translation help please on early Naval sword--both on blade and on nakago

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Don't know what to make of this. Maybe made for one of the Western style mounts. Pics of the whole blade? I'm guessing it has a Western style wide groove?

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Hi Brian!  It is the earliest of Japanese Naval swords--circa 1873.  So hard to find--almost impossible.  

 

Could anyone else help with the translation?  Moriyama Koichi took a stab at it above, but related that he wasn't certain he had read it 100% correctly.  

 

Thank you to anyone that can read what they see!

 

 

 

 

--Matthew Brice

 

www.StCroixBlades.com

Earliest Model 1873 Naval Officer Sword .jpg

Earliest Model 1873 Naval Officer Sword 2.jpg

Earliest Model 1873 Naval Officer Sword 3.jpg

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It's confirmed.  Ray Singer confirmed that Moriyama Koichi's reading is correct.  Thank you to both Ray Singer and Moriyama Koichi!

 

 

 

 

--Matthew Brice

 

www.StCroixBlades.com

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