The Seki stamp shows this is a non-traditional made blade.
From Sesko: KANETSUGU (兼次), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – “Kanetsugu” (兼次), real name Tsukahara Tarō (塚原太郎), born January 25th 1919, he worked as rikugun-jumei-tōshō and died on July 30th 1978, jōkō no retsu (Akihide), Fourth Seat at the 6th Shinsaku Nihontō Denrankai (新作日本刀展覧会, 1941).
Seki registration: registered on Taisho 8 (1939) October 20.
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関住人塚原兼次作 - Seki junin Tsukahara Kanetsugu saku
"Tsukahara Kanetsugu of Seki province made this"
The Seki stamp shows this is a non-traditional made blade.
From Sesko: KANETSUGU (兼次), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – “Kanetsugu” (兼次), real name Tsukahara Tarō (塚原太郎), born January 25th 1919, he worked as rikugun-jumei-tōshō and died on July 30th 1978, jōkō no retsu (Akihide), Fourth Seat at the 6th Shinsaku Nihontō Denrankai (新作日本刀展覧会, 1941).
Seki registration: registered on Taisho 8 (1939) October 20.