Help Mei wanted

[marivo]

Can somebody help me with this Mei, I think it's an arsenal blade.
Thanks, .

[ghp95134]

I'm fairly certain about the second kanji of the name, but I cannot find the smith when I google his name. I think the signature is:

義波
Yoshinami

昭和癸未春
Showa MizunotoHitsuji Haru
Spring, 1943

癸未 is the Zodiac calendar and appears every 60 years; in Showa it was in 1943.


--Guy

[marivo]

Thanks, Guy

[Bruce Pennington]

Any stamps above the mei, or toward the tip of th Nakago?

[marivo]

Hello Bruce, I don't know, these are the only pics of the Nakago.

[Nick Komiya]

Guy, it's Yoshiharu 義治, not Yoshinami

[ghp95134]

Thanks to Nick, I was able to find a little about your Yoshiharu:

XI. Yoshichika Ke (良近)

The following smiths are members of the Yoshichika group:

1. Yoshichika (良近)

1.1. Nidai Yoshichika (良近)

1.2. Sukeyuki (介之)

1.3. Kiyonosuke (神之助)

1.4. Yoshiharu (義治)
Source

--Guy

[marivo]

Okay thanks, can it be a Gendaito?