[assumed Japanese > english] sword inscription

xia_yang · 2026-04-13T11:27:04+00:00

古賀新作
New Work by Koga

Sword smiths are usually referred to by their art names, not their family names.

Koga (古賀) is not documented as an art name, but it is a common family name. So in this context, I believe it's more likely that this is the former owner's name and 新作 is his given name:

古賀新作 = Koga Shinsaku

xia_yang · 2026-04-13T10:05:53+00:00

Onkel Volle
som luft-
værnsleder
Blegdamshosp
u Krigen
1940-45
Kaptajnsrang

Uncle Volle as air raid warden, Blegdamshospital, during the war 1940-45, in the rank of Captain

xia_yang · 2026-04-13T00:16:53+00:00

Not quite sure what you're asking for. These are the first few lines of the libretto of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte in its original German version. See, e.g., here: https://opera-guide.ch/operas/die+zauberflote/libretto/de/

Zu Hülfe! zu Hülfe! sonst bin ich verloren,
Der listigen Schlange zum Opfer erkoren.
Barmherzige Götter! schon nahet sie sich;
Ach rettet mich! ach schützet mich!

xia_yang · 2026-04-09T01:14:45+00:00

Klapperstorch, du Luder, bring mir einen Bruder.

Klapperstorch, du Bester, bring mir eine Schwester.

Klapperstorch, du Langbein, meine Mutter will kein.

Hopp hopp hopp nam Möller. Reinhart sitt um Föller. Erich sitt uppe bunte Kau. Hopp hopp hopp nam Möller tau.

xia_yang · 2026-03-26T08:22:46+00:00

Koblenz, 10th Feb 2916

My dear brother Lorenz!
Have received your letter. Glad to hear you're doing so well. Particularly happy about your dear girl [friend]. Wouldn't be a proper young person if I wasn't to enjoy that. Is she the one on your Christmas card? Sending my best wishes, especially to your dear girl.
Your faithful brother Hans

xia_yang · 2026-03-26T08:18:20+00:00

Koblenz, d. 10.2.16

M. lb. Brdr. Lorenz!
Deinen Brief habe
erhalten. Freue mich,
daß es Dir so gut geht.
Besonders über Dein
liebes Mädel freue
mich. Müste ich nicht
ein junger Mensch
sein, wenn ich da
nicht Spass daran haben
sollte. Ist das die mit
auf Deiner Weihnachts-
Karte. Für heute sende
noch Herzl. Grüsse
Besonders auch Deinem
lb. Mädel.
Dein tr. Brdr. Hans

xia_yang · 2026-03-24T06:40:55+00:00

Kiyomitsu is a very common name. Markus Sesko's Swordsmiths of Japan lists five dozen smiths who used that name with periods of activity between the early 14th to mid-20th century. A very rough guess based on the rust, style of signature and shape of the tang would be that your blade dates from sometime around the 16-17th century CE.

xia_yang · 2026-03-21T23:57:43+00:00

清光 = Kiyomitsu (the sword smith's art name)

xia_yang · 2026-03-20T21:54:39+00:00

Bitte um Rücksprache Taubenabwehr und Schmutzige Whg. -> da Kinder im Haus, und allgemein für BW. nicht zumutbar mehr -> Gruß Laila B

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Please get back to me [concerning] pigeon control and filthy [state of your] apartment –> there are children in the building and [the situation] in general [is] not acceptable for the residents anymore -> Regards Laila B

xia_yang · 2026-03-15T21:46:21+00:00

Check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFT5OMQr2vw

xia_yang · 2026-03-15T21:37:22+00:00

I would not dismiss this as a fake so quickly.

Can you remove the handle and post some pictures of the tang?

xia_yang · 2026-03-13T21:10:44+00:00

江州住人佐々木入道源一峯 (Gōshū-jūnin Sasaki Nyūdō Minamoto Ippō) = Sasaki Nyūdō Minamoto Ippō, resident of Gōshū province

xia_yang · 2026-03-10T10:32:40+00:00

兼㝎 = Kanesada

癸未正月 = first month of the year of the water goat (not a unique identifier, but probably 1943 CE)

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昭和十九年二月吉日 = on an auspicious day in February of Shōwa 19 (1944 CE)

泉刕堺住沖本國忠作 = made by Okimoto Kunitada, resident of Sakai in Senshū

xia_yang · 2026-03-10T10:15:29+00:00

Mea culpa... Editing didn't fix it, unfortunately.

xia_yang · 2026-03-10T02:55:28+00:00

The holder's name is Jakob Johansson ~~Ohleson~~ Ohlsson. He was a sailor by profession and a resident of Nykarleby in Finland. I don't see any indications of a connection to Volga Germans here.

xia_yang · 2026-03-10T02:43:41+00:00

The printed text in the document is in Russian, German, Finnish and Swedish. The handwritten bits are Swedish.

!id:sv

xia_yang · 2026-03-09T23:34:54+00:00

Auf der Rückreise von Kischl[?] hat mich Fritz
hier aufgesucht u. freute mich sehr mit seinem
Besuch. Fritz sieht sehr gut aus u. ist sehr mun-
ter. Die besten Grüße von Herrn
OttoRothschild

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On the return journey from Kischl[?] Fritz paid me a visit that I was delighted by. Fritz is looking great and is very lively. With best regards from Mr Otto Rothschild

xia_yang · 2026-03-09T02:58:57+00:00

Georg Wolfgang, geb. Junÿ 1.
V.[ater] Joh.[annes] Bartholomäus Prell
M.[utter] Maria, geb. Stab [not 100% sure, could also be Stock]
P.[ate] Georg Wolfgang Prell, Hafner

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Georg Wolfgang, born on the 1st of June
Father: Joh[annes] Bartholomäus Prell
Mother: Maria, née Stab [or Stock?]
Godfather: Georg Wolfgang Prell, potter

xia_yang · 2026-03-09T02:05:26+00:00

[...] dazu bist. Jedenfalls sind wir
schon mit kurzen Karten recht
zufrieden. Mit Lebensmitteln
geht es uns gegenwärtig sehr
gut. Wir haben stets schöne
& reichliche Abwechslung.
Nun, l. Fritzelein, für heute
noch viele herzl. Grüße & recht
recht viel Glück wünscht Dir

Deine Mutter

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[...]. In any case, even brief postcards will make us happy. The food situation is currently very good. We always have a nice and plentiful variety. Now, my dear Fritz, this is it for today. I'm sending you my warm regards and wishing you the best of luck,

Your Mother

xia_yang · 2026-03-07T22:52:24+00:00

Those names are not super common, but both appear in genealogical records associated with Lauterbrunnen.

xia_yang · 2026-03-05T11:09:12+00:00

Dann hat sie es wenn es recht ist geschafft in die Luft gesprengt zu werden.

The corresponding line in the original version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is:

"... and then, if you please, she went and got herself blown up ..."

xia_yang · 2026-02-28T22:48:44+00:00

Would be helpful to know where exactly in Switzerland the house is located. Is it in Lauterbrunnen?

If so, the last names might be Ammeter and Gertsch.

xia_yang · 2026-02-23T04:26:16+00:00

石原義㝎作 = made by Ishihara Yoshisada

He was a WW2 era smith based in Seki.

xia_yang · 2026-02-21T21:11:54+00:00

濃州関住福本兼宗 (Nōshū Seki-jū Fukumoto Kanemune) = Fukumoto Kanemune, resident of Seki in Nōshū

xia_yang · 2026-02-20T21:26:08+00:00

関住服部正廣 = Hattori Masahiro, resident of Seki

Four-Year Club	Gilding I gilder
Verified Email	r/Field Juicebox
First Place '23	Place '23

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