Greetings everyone, here I have a photo of a sword my Grandfather came back with from World War II , he called it a banzi sword, but I'm not so much intrested in its real name (if that isent it) but what the writing on it says, I've aske a man from Japan I know, he said he could not read it and told me how rare they are in Japan to have a sword like that. But in any event anyone that could tell me what this says, I would be more than willing to provide more photos of them all and close up's of the hilts where more writings are, but they are locked up in a safe box at my bank, so it will take some time for me to get them if somone can read this one