Japanese sword with owners name

[ric123]

I just got this sword I don't know anything about them. The handle has a cloth over it with the owners name, Rank, address and unit (sea swallows). I am posting pics and hope some can give me some information on it from the pics

[Mr. Bushido]

The cloth has a place name written on it.
It is an administrative division in ww2 and I could only find a Japanese web page.

 

【福岡縣朝倉郡築城村上畑】

Fukuoka pref,Asakura,Tuiki village,Kamihata(?) area

 

https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/築城村

[ric123]

Would the us army have done when the sword was turned in? or would the owner of the sword have attached it in hopes of getting the sword back

[Mr. Bushido]

Unfortunately, I don't know the details, but the kanji appear to have been written by a Japanese.

[Mr.Jerry]

The cloth tags I have seen like that were indeed written in hopes of getting the sword returned after confiscation at the end of the war. i haven't seen one with a unit, but perhaps that sword was "unit property" vs. individual ownership.

[ric123]

How common is to find swords with the cloth tags? I don’t want to pull the handle because I do not want to ruin the tag is there any other way to identify the blade maker we’re all blades marker

[Mr.Jerry]

Not that common. I wouldn't pull the handle- from what I can see from here it looks like a wartime blade - even if made by a smith it would be Showa era- so the tassel and tag are actually the neat features on that one.

[stratasfan]

Thanks for sharing. Never seen this before and very interesting to learn about! So, lots of swords are confiscated after the war - who held them and what was done with them?

[ric123]

could any give me a value on this offices Katana? when I traded for it I could have gotten a NCO katana which was in better shape instead of the offices katana. A friend said I should have taken the NCO Katana instead because they are more valuable.  So I was just wonder what the values would be

[ric123]

I was able to get the handle off with out messing up the cloth cover here are pics. From these pics can you tell me anything about the sword maker? value? Also I my need some help putting the guard pieces back in the right order

[Mr. Bushido]

Can you post the letters in the first picture more clearly?

If possible, please make sure that the photos of the characters are not reflected.

Perhaps we can identify the author and others.

[ric123]

my photo skills are awful! I tried a little baking powder 

[Mr. Bushido]

Thank you very much.

 

I was able to partially decipher it.

The characters engraved on the item seem to indicate the year of manufacture and the maker, as in many examples.

 

From what I see, it appears to have been manufactured in 1943(Shōwa 18【昭和十八年】).

However, since the letters are unclear, there is a possibility that it was manufactured in 1941(Shōwa 16【昭和十六年】).

 

On the other hand, I couldn't read anything about the creator.

Can you take a photo of each of the two Kanji characters marked "■" in the photo?

 

I apologize for asking again, but please think about it.

[ric123]

ok I tried to more shots hopefully it works sorry I am noy good with photos

[Mr. Bushido]

I was able to read the two Kanji characters thanks to the clever photo you posted.

 

The meaning was "July【七月】".

 

My prediction was wrong and these letters were the month of manufacture.

[ric123]

I found to more marks on the other side of the tang 

[Mr. Bushido]

Those letters are the name of the sword's craftsman

 

It is written as "大道" and is pronounced as "Dai-Dō".

 

This is a type of pseudonym, and is said to have been used by multiple people.

 

I'm not a sword expert, so I couldn't identify the craftsman.

 

However, the Japanese website below posted a similar sword, so I would like to share it with you for reference.

https://kako.nipponto.co.jp/swords3/KT326179.htm

[ric123]

thanks