Slide 1

昭
和
5 (Go) 五
50 (Go-Jû)
10 (ju) 十
9 (kyu) 九
Year (nen) 年
“An appraisal paper”
Bright/luminous (sho)
Showwa era, 1926 ??
Harmony/peace (wa)
50 + 9 years into
Showwa era: “1984”
5 (Go)
May 20th
(ni) 2
二
Nio
(school)
month (gatsu)月
Sun (ni)
Origin/source (hon)
Single blade/sword/katana (to)
Sword/dagger/saber (ken)
Keep/preserve (ho)
Exist/survive/maintain (zon)
Meeting/gathering/society (kai)
日
本
刀
剣
保
存
会
二
十
20
(NiJû)
日(hi) day
(shin) examine/judge
定
(te)” decide/settle/fix
書
(sho) to write/writings
(Ō) Royal/king
王
五
審
(Kiyo)
Clean/pure
清
Kiyoshige (Smith)
Main principal,
重 (Shige)
number of overlaps
“Japanese Sword preserevation society””
6
5
Notes/Remarks
4
Features
3
Measurement
2
Signature
1
Serial Number
(Biko)
(Tokucho)
(Sunpō)
(Meibun)
Classification
Suwo is a
province, related
to nio school.
備 (Bi) prepare
特 (toku) special/unique
(kō) Examine
(Naka )
Inside/middle
unit of
寸 (Sun)
measure 10 bu
(hō)
法(pō)
徴(chō) summon
(method/principal
中
鍛 (Kitae ) Style of forging
(Su)
心
(wo)
(kokoro)
小 (ko ) Small
go/Heart
板 (Itame) Wood
国 Number
(Kuni) Province 1 (ichi) 壱
目 grain
寛(Kan) Broad
き(kiri ) just, only
長 (Naga) Length
(Bun) Writing/Lit.
文
り刃 (Ha Mon)
さ (Sa) -ness
文
頃(kei) About/time
壱 (ichi) Number 1
直 (Sug uha )
尺(Shaku) 11.9”
刃
六(Rokû) 6
鋩 (Bo) Point of sword
寸(Sun) 1.193”
子 (Shi) Object )
七 (Shichi) 7
小 (ko ) Small
丸 (Maru ) Round
分 (Bu) .11”
考
セ
Centimetersン
チ
(senchi)
有(Ari) Exist
之 (Kore) It
“To be”, “It is”
銘 (Mei) Signature
文(Bun) Writing/Lit
長 (Cho) chief/head
州 (Shu) province
住(Ju) of/resident
藤(Fuji) rattan/cane
field/
原(Wara)
meadow
清(Kiyo) Clean/Pure
main
重(Shige)
principal
Seq
苐(Dai)
number
四
(Shi) 4
一
(Ichi) 1
九
(Kû) 9
A
号(Go)
number
種
(shu) kind,
species
別
(betsu)
separate
脇
(Waki)
Ribs/flank
指
(Sashi)
Finger/ point

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