Ww2 japanese sword signature foir review

[photortist]

Japanese officers sword signature.
I have several Japanese swords from this collectors estate and several Ive had for years but Never seen signature this long before?

anyone?
Just bought from collectors estate sale

thnx
mg

[GHP]

東都住人一貫斎国護謹作
Tōto jūnin Ikkansai Kunimori kinsaku).
Tokyo Resident Ikkansai Kunimori Respectfully Made This

I found the following on Gunboards:
Ikkansai Kunimori is otherwise known as Yasuhiro and is a Yasukuni sword smith.


--Guy

[nickn]

Nicely cut mei
May we see the rest of the blade

[nickn]

Nicely cut mei
May we see the rest of the blade

[Beater]

東都住人一貫斎国護謹作
Tōto jūnin Ikkansai Kunimori kinsaku).
Tokyo Resident Ikkansai Kunimori Respectfully Made This

I found the following on Gunboards:
Ikkansai Kunimori is otherwise known as Yasuhiro and is a Yasukuni sword smith.


--Guy

Before you get too excited, this is the signature used after his departure from Yasukuni, whilst working at Baron Okura's tanrenjo. These are reportedly made from western steel, not tamahagane and probably the work of his students (whose names escape me at the moment) and only signed by the big man.
I've had a couple. Chu-suguha hamon. No visible hada. The mei is well cut, as you'd expect, but probably the best bit about them. They do not attract the same sort of money as Yasukuni-to but a lot of dealers big-up the connection.


Addition: Just found this, which originated from Chris Bowen, probably the foremost authority on Gendaito.
Thought you might be interested.

"As I have reported here before (actually, quite a long time ago...), the Kunimori blades were not made by Miyaguchi, only signed by him. According
to his son, who helped hold the blades while his father cut the signatures, they
were made in bulk by a smith in Shizuoka prefecture named Mitsukoshi Hiromasa,
using western steel. Apparently they were forge welded, but the exact nature of their construction is not known. They were known to have been made of western steel, this is not in dispute...."

Therefore, these can not even be considered gendaito.

[nickn]

i guessed suguha muji hada

[photortist]

Will shoot some additional photos outdoors Sunday and post.

[photortist]

Additional photos of blade

Additional photos of blade

Thank you for your knowledge here I have never been a study of these swords but have always looked at them the same way as a painting. As a work of great art!

mg

[Beater]

Nice clean example MG.
It would be great to see the others you bought from this estate sell, as we all enjoy seeing swords.