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Japanese Parade Sword
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This is another sword from the lot picked up by my friend. This is a Japanese officer's "parade" sword. The blade is chromed with a rebated edge and an etched "hamon".
I'm posting photos of the mon in the hopes someone will recognize the family. :cool: |
The kanji say "Kimura".
stm |
Thanks!
Does anyone know if that's a family of significance? |
The only military member of that family that showed up on a quick Google search was an admiral:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susumu_Kimura I don't know if this sword would be naval. :shrug: |
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Sorry, I dont know too much about gunto. Have you checked Rich Stein's site?
stm |
Sorry just cannot help myself.
http://www.rickstein.com/ |
Yup. Hoping Rich will stop in and comment. :)
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That is a family mon (crest), but not necessarily the guy mentioned. Any number
of soldiers even vaguely related could have used it. Here's a link to a good site on Japanese Family Mon. http://www.geocities.com/kazenaga23/crests.htm BTW - it's an army kyu-gunto, not naval (different style tsuka) Rich S |
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Thanks, Rich. |
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