Help with Translation of Papers please
Article about: Hi All, I am reaching out to you guys that are familiar and fluent in understanding what is written on these papers that come with a sword. Unfortunately, my Japanese language/writing/readin
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日本刀剣保存会 Nihon tōken hozon-kai Japan swords Preservation Society
鑑定証
Kantei-shō Appraisal Certificate
刀
Type: Sword
伝:美濃兼国
den Mino kanekuni
Tradition: Mino, Kanekuni
[attributed to Kanekuni [edit: deleted text about three smiths named Kanekuni .... they were extant in the 1700s, not late Muromachi era. Try p. 133, 3rd and 4th from the bottom??]
正真
Shōshin
True Length
二尺九分五厘有之
2 Shaku 9-bu 5-rin Koreare
This is 63.5 cm (25 inches)
平成十三年九月八日
Heisei 13-nen kyuu-gatsu yō-ka
September 8, 2001
日本刀剣保存会
Nippon Tōken Hozon-kai
Japanese Sword Preservation Society
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Name: 無名 [Mumei/unsigned]
Grain: 小杢目流れる [Ko-mokumei throughout]
Hamon: 刃紋 直刃 [Temper: Suguba/straight]
Boshi 帽子:小丸 [point: small-round]
Mekugi-ana/File marks 目釘穴 一 鑢 切り [one; kiri/cut]
Period: 室町末 [Muromachi matsu -- end of the Muromachi era, ca. 1573]
Chops of the evaluators
--Guy
Last edited by ghp95134; 01-05-2015 at 07:58 PM.
Reason: Deleted p.134 reference; substituted with p.133 reference
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Wow Guy!
Not too shabby for a fellow that can only read a few characters, that's all!!!!!
Thank you very much
Ern
---I owe you a beer! or Sake if you prefer!
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Correction
Correction:
"...HIstorically, kantei-sho have the word "正真" at the top which means "genuine"....." [from Nihonto Message Board]
正真 means "Authentic", not "true length" .... I was thinking of 刀身 "To-shin" [Sword body]. Still, the dimensions provided is the length of the blade from the tip to the back notch where the collar fits. [Concave side, straight line]
Image source "Japanese Sword Index."
--Guy
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