N B T H K - E B - Bonn 3-07-2016

[DirkO]

The meeting was well attended as usual – I think on average 25-30 people are present in every Bonn meeting.

 

We had a lot of ground to cover, seeing there was a ‘special’ kantei.  One of the members had a small talk about the cutting tests that were performed by Suishinsi Masahide (more info see http://www.nihontocraft.com/Suishinshi_Masahide.html )

The nihon-to for kantei were:

 

1. Shinano no Daijo Tadakuni – one of the members prepared a very nice write up on this blade, and although it might not be the biggest name, it was very interesting

2. Hizen Tadahiro – early Tadayoshi piece, where we could see that the konuka hada was still developing and not there yet, which was very eductational

3. Iga no Kami Kinmichi – Nihon Kaji Sosho – recently Markus did an interesting article about this title: https://markussesko.com/2016/05/19/an-interesting-gassaku/

4. Ichimonji Sukezane – a signed Sukezane that is, one of only 13. Archetypical Ichimonji, and a beauty to behold! 

 

Seeing the first bit went on for quite some time and Mr Kremers was a bit pressed for time, he saw himself faced with the challenge of going over the 17 generations of Goto in under an hour! He succeeded admirably, and was even able to get across some of the more peculiar details. The link with earlier Mino was well established through examples. Except for the last 2 generations, all generations were present in one form or another. Obviously an hour wasn’t nearly enough for this topic, so I for one hope we will revisit it in the future.

 

[Brian]

The stuff sitting on that table!!
  :Drool:

[Jussi Ekholm]

Thanks for the meeting report, it's always nice to read them.

 

We have lovely Goto items in Europe.

[Greg F]

Would love to see those tsuba in hand. Cheers.

 

Greg

[CSM101]

I´m a little curios: were the kanjis by Sukezane big or normal size?

 

Uwe G.

[Tokaido]

Hello Uwe,

the nijimei of Sukezane was written in very large kanji.

Very unusual signature for Sukezane.

The sword is published in the "blue Solingen Catalogue".

Greetings

Andreas