Help identifying

[Nido42]

So, not sure if this is the correct place to ask. I don't know much about these. This was a ww2 bring back I got awhile ago. And sorry in advance I don't know the correct terms for things but I'll try my best to explain. First the handle, and tsuba? Pretty much all the pieces on this sword are lose and don't really fit so I'm assuming they're not original to it. The blade itself is about 58.4 cm long, I also find it a bit odd it's only about 1.5cm wide which seems a little slender compared to what I'd expect it to be. And the handle measures 19cm. 

[Ray Singer]

The blade is signed Nagayoshi. 

 

The tsuba is signed Shoami Sadashige. 

[Bruce Pennington]

At 58cm, or 22 inches, this would be called a wakizahi, or waki for short.  It is the shorter of the 2 swords a samurai would wear.

 

Recommend you post this blade, and tsuba, over on NMB's Nihonto Forum.  There's a ton of guys there that can help you with the smith and age of the blade.

[SteveM]

16 hours ago, Ray Singer said:

Shoami Sadashige.

 

I think this one's Shoami Ieshige (家重).

[Ray Singer]

Agreed, thanks for the correction Steve.