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Article about: Hello all, my great grandfather brought this back from Nagasaki after the war. The tsuka is not of common gunto form, nor is the saya as far as I can tell. Here are some pics , and I was won

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    Hello all, my great grandfather brought this back from Nagasaki after the war. The tsuka is not of common gunto form, nor is the saya as far as I can tell. Here are some pics , and I was wondering if anyone can translate the signature on the tang. Hope I posted this in a correct forum!
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    濃州関住星谷義長 = Nōshū Seki jū Hoshiya Yoshinaga.
    Samurai style sword with large Seki 関 stamp. This would date to late 1930s or early 1940s.

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    Sesko doesn't have much else on him other than he was from Gifu. I'd nudge that date into the 1940s, with the most likey date range of 1941-1943, based on the dated blades in the database.

    Thanks for the translation!

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    From the "Register of Names of Seki Forge Swordsmiths Since Showa 14, October [1939]"
    義長 星屋芳夫 S17.09.25
    Smith name: Yoshinaga
    Legal name: Hoshiya Masayuki Masao [or Yoshio]
    Licensed/Registered with Guild: Showa 17 [1942] September 25

    -- Guy

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