Bonn 14.11.2015

[CSM101]

Just a short report from the last meeting:

 

Everything was very fine. Swords, tsuba  and koshirae in high quality.

 

Kantei round 1

 

Nr. 1 was a tanto by Miayiri Akihira/1967. A Rai utsushi.

 

Nr. 2 a katana by Shinto Masateru,

 

Nr. 3 a Katana by Satsuma Motohira and

 

Nr. 4 a katana by Ishido Takatsugu / between 1684 and 1688.

 

 

Hope, to see you soon.

 

 

Uwe G.

[Tokaido]

The second kantei session displayed:

 

5. a Ko-Kongobyoye daito (in the shape of an early nagamaki-naoshi) in koshirae

 

6. a daito attributed to Omiya Morikage

 

7. a mumei tanto (needs further study, but looked like a shinshinto blade by an Osaka smith)

 

8. a Kozori tachi (late Nambokucho/early Muromachi)

 

9. a shinsakuto-daito by Enomoto Tatsuyoshi

 

The last one fooled some of participants (including me) because ist was a very nice Shizu utsushi. (And nobody expected the spanish inquisition...)

 

Some incredible Higo tsuba were on display together with stunning koshirae.

 

Professor Eckhard Kremers lectured about the tsuba as well as "how to distinguish a real Higo koshirae from koshirae similar to the Higo style".

 

Greetings

Andreas

[DirkO]

Yes,  it was a very nice meeting where members got to bring their own swords, not a real theme. The tsuba part was Edo Sukashi by Prof Kremers. Sadly I had to leave early due to conflicting appointments, but allow me to add some more pictures!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Curran]

Thank you for those photos. Quite a club you have.

 

Good Akasaka and some great Higo there.

On my short-list is one of those nidai Hirata 'water ripple' tsuba. Two very nice Hirata (and/or Jingo) examples of those in your photos.