> Hello all, my name is Edhie. I live in Sorong, west-papua. I amHi Edhie. I do not think the sword has been brought to Papua by a
> interested in samurai and their history. I am a beginner about
> samurai swords.
> I have a question about samurai. First of all, is every samurai sword
> has a number on the sword?
> What is the meaning of this numbers?
> The samurai my friend told me have two numbers, first 1356 and the
> second numbers is 510023 are these numbers mean something?
> The samurai I talk about was found in a cave, in north sulawesi, are
> there a specific history event take place in there? Suppose 1356 is
> the year when the samurai was forged.
> Thanks anyway for those who willing to share their knowledge.
> The interesting part is some of theese swords haveEdhie,
> letter written in Japan, of course I dont really know
> much about katakana-hiragana so I cant understand it.
> The letter was kept in the hand part of the sword.
> Suppose the soldier has left a letter for his family,
> I really like to get them delivered.
>
>
> __________________________________
>
> Edhie,Of course I will try to send the copy letter once it
> Woha, cool! This seems like an interesting story!!
> How many swords are there??
> I imagine the Japanese soldiers were trapped and
> preferred to hide the
> swords rather than have them taken away. they might
> have thought to go
> back get them later on, but looks like they never
> did... Sure we can
> find out more by reading the letters!!
> If you can send a scan, sure I can translate it for
> you. If there is an
> address, we can try to deliver it as well.
> Alternatively, you can send via ordinary mail
> (=post) a photocopy of
> the letter to me or anyone else in this mailing list
> willing to do the
> translation. I am actually pretty good at
> translating, plus my wife is
> Japanese and I can have it double-checked at the
> Japanese Studies
> department here at University of Hawaii.
> cepo
> Hello all, my name is Edhie. I live in Sorong,west-papua. I am
> interested in samurai and their history. I am abeginner about
> samurai swords.every samurai sword
> I have a question about samurai. First of all, is
> has a number on the sword?first 1356 and the
> What is the meaning of this numbers?
> The samurai my friend told me have two numbers,
> second numbers is 510023 are these numbers meansomething?
> The samurai I talk about was found in a cave, innorth sulawesi, are
> there a specific history event take place in there?Suppose 1356 is
> the year when the samurai was forged.knowledge.
> Thanks anyway for those who willing to share their
> Hibtw what is NCO? What kind of sword produced in WW2, I
>
> the numbers are generally found on the mass produced
> swords from world war 2.
>
> These swords generally belonged to NCO rather than
> officers.
>
> My uncles father obtained a sword from a Japanese
> soldier in papua New Guinea in WW2
>
> Paul
>
>
> --- Richardson Paul <umaryu@...> wrote:__________________________________
> > Hi
> >
> > the numbers are generally found on the mass
> produced
> > swords from world war 2.
> >
> > These swords generally belonged to NCO rather than
> > officers.
> >
> > My uncles father obtained a sword from a Japanese
> > soldier in papua New Guinea in WW2
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
>
> btw what is NCO? What kind of sword produced in WW2,
> I
> mean officers and NCO hold different kind of swords?
>
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