Gendai swordsmith Kimiyuchi?

[goo]

Has anyone heard of a swordsmith Endo Kimiyuchi?  Working In Seki before and or during WWII ?

I've been checking lists and index's but haven't been able to turn up any information.

 

[oli]

Maybe post pictures of the signature, name sounds strange.

[Nobody]

His name must be 遠藤公之 - Endo Kimiyuki. His smith name may be 一文字(Ichimonji) or 一文字天秀(Ichimonji Amahide).

Ref. https://www.nipponto...swords3/KY328240.htm

[mecox]

This is very interesting, but confusing as looks as though there were two "Ichimonji" in WW2 Seki. 

(1)   AMAHIDE (天秀)  real name FUKUMOTO HIDEYOSHI (福本秀吉), born Meiji 19 (1886) May 7,   and died June 2nd 1973,    his tosho name was Ichimonji Minamoto Amahide,  lived in Seki-machi, Kanazawa-cho.  Registered as Seki smith Showa 14 (1939) Oct 27.

(2) ICHIMONJI   ( 一文字)  ENDO KIMIYUKI   (  遠藤公之)     born Meiji 23 (1890) Oct 23    registered as Seki smith on Showa 16 (1941) Feb 9.  Lived in Kamo-gun, Tomioki-mura, Miyaji.   Not much information about him.