gunto officer

[CED13000]

hi
thank you to identify this gunto
cordially
ced

[GHP]

一則
Kazunori

昭和十八年十二月
Showa 18 Year 12 Month
December 1943

IF the same as Fujiwara Kazunori listed HERE, then he was graded as National Level 國工. See the link for more specifica about the competition levels.

— Guy

[GHP]

Marcus Sesno wrote a post in 2012 saying:

...Kazunori (一則), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – „Kazunori“ (一則), civilian name „Kanematsu Kazuichi“ (兼松一市), born June 10th 1894, he worked as guntō smith and died December 9th 1944, posthumous Buddhist name „Zendō Myōtoku“ (善導妙徳)

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So probably not the same Kazunori in my previois post.


— Guy

[CED13000]

hi
thank you
is it authentic?
would you have an estimate?
thank you
cordially
ced

[Beater]

Marcus Sesno wrote a post in 2012 saying:
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So probably not the same Kazunori in my previois post.


— Guy

No, not the same. The sword shown here is a Seki swordsmith shown in Slough, page 80, not the much more famous National - 1st Seat in the 1941 exhibition - (Nakano) Kazunori from Aichi. This sword, however, may well be the one in Sesko, who died in 1944, which you mention?

Sometimes these blades by (Seki) Kazunori have some small kanji hot-stamped at the base of the nakago, which was a sort of patent describing a particular forging method. It has also been noted in Slough, that the "nori" kanji is identical to several other Seki smiths signatures and is therefore signed ( nakirishimei) by a specialist who signed swords for the swordsmiths.