Kuni (????)

[Bruce Pennington]

Guys, 

I know I've seen this second kanji before, but I can't recall it or find it anywhere.  Also, there is an extra kanki in the date, below "Showa", maybe "mid" or "late"?  Thanks!

 

For those filing stuff - stamped "243" on the nakagojiri

[ROKUJURO]

Possibly KUNIHIRO.

With a dark background, you get a better contrast which makes reading easier.

[nulldevice]

羽後住國慶作

 

https://nihontoclub.com/smiths/KUN1880

Ugo Kuniyoshi?

[Shugyosha]

Hi Bruce,

What Chandler said and 拾 is a different way of writing the number 10 - there are variations in legal documents (and on swords) to make the number harder to alter. So the date is a lucky day in August in the 17th year of Showa.

[Bruce Pennington]

3 minutes ago, nulldevice said:

羽後住國慶作

 

https://nihontoclub.com/smiths/KUN1880

Ugo Kuniyoshi?

Bingo!  Sesko has that mei:

"KUNIYOSHI (国慶), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Akita – “Kuniyoshi” (国慶), “Ugo Honjō-jū Kuniyoshi kore o saku” (羽後本荘住国慶作之), real name Suzuki Yoshitarō (鈴木吉太郎), born March 1st 1904, he studied from 1937 under Shibata Ka (柴田果), Kurihara Akihide (栗原昭秀), Konno Akihira (今野昭平) and Akimoto Akitomo (秋元昭友), he also worked as rikugun-jumei-tōshō, jōko no jōi (Akihide), Fourth Seat at the 6th Shinsaku Nihontō Denrankai (新作日本刀 展覧会, 1941)"

 

Just now, Shugyosha said:

Hi Bruce,

What Chandler said and 拾 is a different way of writing the number 10 - there are variations in legal documents (and on swords) to make the number harder to alter. So the date is a lucky day in August in the 17th year of Showa.

Thanks John!  I still don't have all the various ways of writing numbers down.

 

Appreciate you guys!!!

[Stephen]

I know better it's been a half hour searching I come back and everybody has it LOL

 

 

The inscription reads "羽後住國慶作" (Ugo ju Kuniyoshi saku), indicating it was made by Kuniyoshi who resided in Ugo province

[Stephen]

Are you going to buy this Bruce that looks like to be a really good sword from what we see

[Shugyosha]

Hi Bruce,

It occurred to me that I could perhaps save a bit of time in future by knocking up a crib sheet for the alternative forms for numbers and I thought I may as well share. I got the information from Jisho, the on-line Japanese dictionary so it's as good as the information available there and may not be comprehensive:

1. - 壱

2. 弐 or 貮 or 貳

3. 参 or 弎

4. 肆 or 亖

5. 伍

6. 陸

7. 漆 or 柒

8. 捌

9. 玖

10. 拾

100. 陌 or 佰

1000. 阡 or 仟

10,000. 萬

[John C]

Not sure if I have posted this before.

John C.

[Bruce Pennington]

Thanks John & John!  I just saved both to my Translation file.

 

10 hours ago, Stephen said:

Are you going to buy this Bruce that looks like to be a really good sword from what we see

 

No, I think my buying days are over.

[moriarty]

56 minutes ago, Bruce Pennington said:

Thanks John & John!  I just saved both to my Translation file.

 

 

No, I think my buying days are over.

Wish I could reach those days with a fat wallet..

[John C]

2 hours ago, Bruce Pennington said:

No, I think my buying days are over.

Let me know when your selling days begin 

 

John C.

[Bugyotsuji]

Nothing is over

On 2/14/2025 at 11:38 AM, Bruce Pennington said:

No, I think my buying days are over.

Nothing is over until the horizontally-challenged lady bursts into song.

 

[Mark S.]

9 hours ago, Bugyotsuji said:

 

Nothing is over until the horizontally-challenged lady bursts into song.

 

I think the new politicslly correct version is “calorically enhanced lady sings”.