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8th December 2008, 07:29 PM
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The kanji say "Kimura".
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8th December 2008, 07:38 PM
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Thanks!
Does anyone know if that's a family of significance? |
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8th December 2008, 07:49 PM
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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. 
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8th December 2008, 10:42 PM
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8th December 2008, 10:43 PM
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Sorry, I dont know too much about gunto. Have you checked Rich Stein's site?
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8th December 2008, 10:51 PM
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Sorry just cannot help myself.
http://www.rickstein.com/ |
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8th December 2008, 10:51 PM
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Yup. Hoping Rich will stop in and comment.
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8th December 2008, 11:09 PM
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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 Last edited by Rich; 8th December 2008 at 11:20 PM. |
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