|
Post by ronphipps on Feb 8, 2021 14:22:38 GMT
i have been a military collector for many years and have been left a katana the story is it came from burma as a souvenir of ww2 taken from a officer if this is true or not i have no way of proof but have found a signature and hope that someone can give me more infomation on this sword thanking you ron katana.pdf (69.49 KB)
|
|
|
Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Feb 12, 2021 8:19:21 GMT
Perhaps your thread was overlooked Try to post it again in General Discussions/Japanese Swords. Better insert a picture instead of the pdf-link in your OP.
|
|
|
Post by phoule on Feb 12, 2021 8:36:00 GMT
Pictures would have been nice...
|
|
|
Post by phoule on Feb 12, 2021 8:41:07 GMT
Going by the retranscription of the mei, it looks to be 備州長船祐包 Bishu Osafune Sukekane.
Which smith I guess could be this one, from Sesko:
SUKEKANE (祐包), Meiji (明治, 1868-1912), Bizen – “Bishū Osafune-jū Yokoyama Sukekane” (備州長船住横山 祐包), “Sukekane saku” (祐包作), real name Yokoyama Kenji (横山健治), adopted son of the Bunkyū-era (文久, 1861- 1864), 14th gen. Sukesada, chū-saku.
|
|
|
Post by Jussi Ekholm on Feb 17, 2021 15:49:31 GMT
I think Phoule is guessing well on your drawing.
However I might guess by probabilities it could be 備州長船祐定 - Sukesada, possibly the most featured signature to be found on Japanese swords. As was said above pictures would be nice.
|
|