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Ah, yeah, the third kanji could be 実, or the one intended to be 実.
實 was listed in the initial standardization plan of kanji in 1919.I'm reading a lot of Meiji and Taisho stuff recently. I always see that character as 實. Do you know if the current 実 existed before the postwar reforms? (Usage of many things varies widely between authors, so I never know if what I am seeing is standard usage or just personal preference).
I would have guessed the first two might be 窶抻ツ州.
Naval sword is a red flag in itself. Decorative swords were mass-produced and so they didn't have signatures on them. Some people took their antique/heirloom swords and retro-fitted them so that they fit into the modern sword fittings, but if this were the case you would expect the signature to be more clear, and you would expect the rust/patina to be more uniform. So when you have a shonky signature, a funky rust pattern, and an vague appellation such as navy sword, or samurai sword, it tends to indicate something of questionable value.
I would have guessed the first two might be 濃州.
Naval sword is a red flag in itself. Decorative swords were mass-produced and so they didn't have signatures on them. Some people took their antique/heirloom swords and retro-fitted them so that they fit into the modern sword fittings, but if this were the case you would expect the signature to be more clear, and you would expect the rust/patina to be more uniform. So when you have a shonky signature, a funky rust pattern, and an vague appellation such as navy sword, or samurai sword, it tends to indicate something of questionable value.[/QUOTE
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