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  1. The image on the stand has the sayagaki , if I click on it you can enlarge it. He wrote a lot on the front and signed it on the back
  2. Nambokucho O-Suriage Tachi NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon to Shikkake school One of the 5 schools of the Yamato Den 71.2 cm with a 23 cm Nakago. This would have been a massive Tachi before O-Suriage . Solid gold Habaki Sayagaki by Mr. Tanobe : This sword is O-Suriage museum.The omote shows an itame mixed with Nagare and Madame. The ura side features some ji-nie.The hardening in suguha is nie- laden and is interwoven with uchinoke and got sure, and the hakikake in the Boshi. We reorganize the characteristic features of the Yamato tradition the connected gunome that appear in places resemble doe-yakiba ,with that this masterwork can be attributed to the Shikkake school. 2021
  3. I'm not sure why it was used , it doesn't look like anything recent. I assume it was done the last time the shikoro was remounted.
  4. Your right Uwe I quoted in incorrectly
  5. Myochin Iehisa O-Boshi papered Tokubetsu by the armor society late Edo Myochin Ietsugu Akodonari I posted in error previously in the wrong place. Momoyama jidai. Usually Haruta did this work but this is a Myochin who worked in this style. Many thanks to Nick at nihontoart.com for selling these to me
  6. Kabuto with Akoda Nari shape 62 plate Koboshi signed by Ietsugu of the Myochin school ( 1800+ rivets of descending size ). Russet iron with Menpo. I think it may be of the Momoyama period or even a little earlier. I like this shape quite a bit. Many thanks to Rick Ricupero at Nihontoart.com for selling this to me.
  7. Please see close up of Nakago
  8. Koto Katana with Edo period Tameshigiri Bizen school O Suriage Katana 27.75 inches or 70.5 cm in typical Bizen school temper circa 1550. NBTHK Hozon Edo period Koshirae with matching copper Koshirae and sea cucumber style Tsuba In gold it states : Enpo 4 of Heishin 11th month 16th day November 16 , 1676 Tomita Yaichizaemon Jo Shigetsuna Ni Do Ochi , cut two bodies in half Shigetsuna is listed as a known tester in Marcus Sesko's book "Tameshigiri" . It's not common to use Koto blades for test cutting. Many thanks to Nick Ricupero at Nihontoart.com for selling this to me
  9. Great sword !!!!! Nick is a great person to do business with always has very interesting items.
  10. Tengu1957

    Shikomizue

    They hand guards fold forward , when you draw the sword they pop out automatically. You have to fold them forward while holding them closed. It's a spring mechanism.
  11. Tengu1957

    Shikomizue

    Thanks Ray , I shouldn't have went from memory
  12. Tengu1957

    Shikomizue

    Shikomizue - sword cane Wakizashi - signed Yamato Daijo Fujiwara MasaNori Ubu ,worked circa 1661 57. 2 cm Total length of cane 96 cm In the early part of the Meiji period after the prohibition for wearing swords many ex Samurai had these sword canes made to carry a sword without breaking the law . This was probably the Wakizashi that the original owner carried with his Katana. The outside of the cane is lacquered to resemble wood so it would look like a regular walking stick. When you pull the sword from the cane the two hand protectors pop out automatically. This owner meant business !!!!
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    Omi Yari

    I just realized I screwed up the total length with Nakago , it's 100 cm
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    Omi Yari

    Shinshinto Omi Yari - Ubu Signed shigegide Dated 1848 Point 56 cm , total length with Nakago 68 cm Beautiful hamon and hada. Personal name Tamon Omura , born 1808 as a Samurai of the Omura clan. Student of Naotane. The Lord of Omura clan , Matsudaira Tadakazu was a patron of Shigegide and a Kinnoto or supporter of the emperor. This clan supported the overthrow of the Bakufu or Tokugawa government Many thanks to Mike Yamasaki for selling this to me.
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