WW2 Japanese katana

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昭広
Akihiro

[SIZE=3]Nihon To Tanren Denshujo [日本鍛練伝習場]
was located in Akasaka, Hikawa-cho,
on the grounds of the estate of Kurihara Hikosaburo, who was a
member of the National Diet, as well as an amateur swordsmith.
He had a deep interest in nihonto from an early age, and after
several attempts, finally secured enough financial backing to
open the Denshujo on July 5, Showa 8. In Showa 16, for a
variety of reasons, the school closed and a new academy, the
Nihon To Gakuin, was opened on the grounds of the Imperial
Army's facility in Zama (Sobudai), Kanagawa Prefecture. The
following smiths are associated with the Denshujo and/or the
Gakuin. Full-time smiths were all given the meiji 'Aki' (昭)
by Akihide
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.1.10. Akihiro (昭広)

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Chris further says: "...In Showa 16, for a
variety of reasons, the school closed and a new academy, the
Nihon To Gakuin, was opened on the grounds of the Imperial
Army's facility in Zama (Sobudai), Kanagawa Prefecture...."

Wish I had known that in 1990. I was stationed at Camp Zama and my office was in an old kendo dojo on the south camp where the foreign officer candidates trained. Sobudai was the Japanese Army Officer Academy, nicknamed "Sobudai."

--Guy

[Alan M]

Looks like the tsuba has been put back on the sword upside down and it is missing a couple of seppa also .