Katana, probably around 1945, blade with various characters and no. 40127, signs of age, scabbard with pressure marks, blade not sharpened, on the sword the name of the thenTenno (emperor) In addition: 昭和十五年 Zhāohé shíwǔ nián Showa year 15 = 1940 (in the 15th year of the reign of the emperor. This was 1940 岡村寧次 Gāng cūnnèi zhì = Okamura Yasuji (Okamura Yasuji was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. From November 1944 until the end of the Pacific War, he was commander of the China Expeditionary Force), L-85cm.

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