Help with mei

[James]

That's an awesome gendaito! Love it!! Thanks for sharing the additional photos!

 

Just remember flamboyancy doesn't equal quality. The Yasukunito and the Masamichi would have to be held in hand and compared side by side to be able to make a call like that.

 

Sounds like that would be a bit of a contradiction. I am also a big fan of Elvis, Ali and Floyd Mayweather Jnr.

 

Tom

 

Nope, not a contradiction at all. I love the look of the blade but it doesn't mean that it is superior to a Yasukunito in terms of construction/build quality.

[k morita]

Hi, Mr.Clancy,

 

Additional information.

Anyway, the phrase (parents always be with you) for additional-mei(soemei) of the tang is very unusual.

 

A very short essay of a person(polisher) who had carved the phrase to sword tang for the first time appeared on [Art Craft Sword Jaurnal]( Token Kogei, 刀剣工芸/pub,1941 #80 ).

The summary of this essay is:

This polisher received a small paper which the phrase(parents always be with you) was written by the principal of school for his son, and carved on the tang the phrase.

He wrote that he was impressed when he saw this phrase because most additional-mei(soemei) were political slogans and bravery-slogans.

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because this essay was written(Nov,1941) before the date of your sword(January, 1942),I guess that this phrase was carved for the tang when a reader of this essay order for a sword for his son.

Famous swords researcher was writing that he had not seen this phrase until that-time by the next issue.

 

Very unusual additional-mei(soemei),I think.

 

Sorry poor my English.

[Tom Clancy]

Thank you Morita San

 

You are truly a gentleman and a scholar, your wealth of information is astounding. The details you have provided are greately appreciated, and once again thank you very much.

 

Regards

Tom.

 

If my Japanese was a fraction of your english I would be very happy