Tang Signature

[Warren O]

Hello,

My name is Warren and I'm new to this forum some of you may recognize me from other forums in the collectors world. I've been collecting since I was in grade school, primary intrest WW2 German, Japanese and American. I'm pretty new to Japanese and recently added a nice Katana to my collection. Does anyone recognize this signature or can translate?

[Bruce Pennington]

OLD THREAD UPDATE

 

義明 (Yoshiaki)

Real Name

三品 直市

 

YOSHIAKI (義明), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – “Yoshiaki” (義明), real name Mishina Naoichi (三品直市), born July 27th 1909, he worked as guntō smith and died February 5th 1989, ryōkō no retsu (Akihide)