Hi treasure hunters! Iām new to this treasure net site. I wonder if anybody knows how to read this characters? Apparently this thing is from a WWII Japanese sword called āsamuraiā. It is rolled and inserted inside a grip of the sword.
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Actually....If itās from WWII, I would bet itās something like a soldiers battle flag. But thatās just a guess.
FYI the sword itself isnāt called āsamuraiā. The samurai were a particular class of people in feudal Japan. The sword style they favored is called a āKatanaā. Katana are frequently referred to as āsamurai swordsā, but that is a reference to the people who popularized them.
Depends on which timeframe and which samurai. š. Tachi were similar but longer, invented earlier, and used more often on horseback. Katana was invented later and was primarily used on foot. The wakizashi was even shorter than the katana, and preferred for tighter spaces such as indoors. For really close quarters, there was the tanto, which was the size of a modern fixed blade knife.Actually....
Tachi... not Katana was then the weapon of choice among samurai.
Actually....
Tachi... not Katana was then the weapon of choice among samurai.
Katana originates from sasuga (åŗå) used by lower-ranking samurai
If itās from WWII, I would bet itās something like a soldiers battle flag. But thatās just a guess.
FYI the sword itself isnāt called āsamuraiā. The samurai were a particular class of people in feudal Japan. The sword style they favored is called a āKatanaā. Katana are frequently referred to as āsamurai swordsā, but that is a reference to the people who popularized them.
local treasure hunters in the Philippines call it āsalindangā. We just couldnāt find someone who can read the characters for us to be able to know what it says. Hopefully we will be able to find out before we meet the buyer so that at least we fully know what is all about this samurai. These are the photos.If itās from WWII, I would bet itās something like a soldiers battle flag. But thatās just a guess.
FYI the sword itself isnāt called āsamuraiā. The samurai were a particular class of people in feudal Japan. The sword style they favored is called a āKatanaā. Katana are frequently referred to as āsamurai swordsā, but that is a reference to the people who popularized them.
Thank you for this info. The added details about the sword will definitely give us a hint of what really that sword is and why we the buyer is offering a big amount of price. I will search more about the āJianā.That doesn't look like a katana to me. It doesn't like like any kind of "samurai" blade. It looks like a "Jian", a Chinese sword often used in Tai Chi. The blade is straight rather than curved, and very flexible instead of rigid. The guard is a small rectangle, and there is a tassle a the end of the handle, All of these are characteristics of the Jian, but not anything in the Katana family. In addition, the handle is apparently completely hollow, which means the blade has a very minimal tang, if any at all. Any kind of "samurai style" blade intended for use in battle (WWII) would have had a full tang, or nearly so.
Of course this still doesn't help translate the insert, which is what you asked about. But it looks like a Chinese sword, so that insert is probably also Chinese.