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Submitted by mitosiskain on Thu, 2014-08-14 08:19

My dad has owned this wakizashi for some time now. We've been looking at symbols but honestly don't have a clue what's going on. Yes that's paint over the symbols courtesy of my dad's "enhancement". The blade was "cleaned" in the 80s with something like 450 grit sand paper.

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#1Submitted by Looper on Thu, 2014-08-14 10:29.

Kawachi Kami Minamoto Yasunaga

Looks to me like Kawachi Kami Minamoto Yasunaga. If you look up YAS870 in the database I think that's him.
#2Submitted by echizento on Thu, 2014-08-14 21:58.

Yasunaga

I agree that is the signature, however I think it's gemei comparing it to the signature in TK696 it doesn't match. Yasunaga 1661- 1681 worked in Settsu provance an is rated at 80 points in Hawleys so he was considered an excellent smith. He worked in Itame hada. His Hamon where choji-midare, gomone-madare, and suguba.