Help translating a sword
Hi all,
We have received a Japanese World War II Officer's Sword with a "Surrender Bag" and some documents and are trying to understand what the blade and tang say! Could someone help me translate! I'm also a History major in my final year of college, but coursework has not included Japanese. The gallery with pictures is located at: bdstewart's Photos : Japanese Swords | SmugMug Any help would be appreciated! |
it says 昭和十九年一月 which means January 1944
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Does the whole mark say that, or just one?
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whole thing that I could see from that photo. 昭和十九年 is 1944 一月is January
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Does it say the same thing on both sides? There are a total of four photos in that gallery and to be honest I don't know how they are displayed to the public.
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4photos? I go check out all of them. hold on
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aight...
photo number1: January 1944 photo number2: I don't know what it says. looks like someones name. photo number3: Shibajiro Hori 4-6 Ohtono-cho Mizuho-ku Nagoya city ( name of the sword owner and his address) photo number4: 1 commander sword |
It is not a sword.
Command saber(Imitation saber) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...n_Nagata_2.jpg It is a plating processing in not steel but iron. photo number2: 心行? singyou It is one of the sutras if 心行 is suitable. Sūtra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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