WW2 training rifle

[Torch]

Hey guys,have seen this for sale as a WW2 Japanese training rifle..can anyone translate the markings on the stock for me please?

[Kiipu]

Help Nick @ Guy! Is this Japanese training rifle buttstock marked as 山崎 [Yamazaki]? The characters are stylized so I am a little uncertain about the second kanji character.

[Narcis]

Hi,
Please, show the rifle in toto!
Thanks,
Luc

[Kiipu]

Luc, it is a post from 2016 and I am not sure if Torch purchased it or not. Also, I am skeptical about this being a training rifle in the sense that we use the word in the United States. The stock grip is too narrow in my opinion. Possibly it is a wooden dummy?

[ghp95134]

山崎
Yamazaki - a surname

[Jareth]

Looks like solid wood fencing in shape of rifle

[Kiipu]

Looks like solid wood fencing in shape of rifle

I agree and it also has no buttplate!

[08SMLE48]

Mokuju I believe they are called

[ghp95134]

Yes,
木銃 mokujū
Wood rifle. Used for jūkendō "bayonet fencing."

According to Nakamura sensei -- who was also an army swordsmanship, dismounted bayonet, and jūken teacher during the war -- jūkendō requires 50% more energy than does kendō. He was also hanshi [master] 8th dan in jūkendō.

Mokujū butt:


The Self-Defense Forces also use a shorter mokujū during combat training.


But not during "sports" matches:


Nakamura gunsō (left)


-- Guy