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  2. Spartancrest
    Who are the experts here? Typically dark image from the Vancouver Museum with this attachment: DB 248 RESEARCHER'S / EXPERT'S REMARKS "This tsuba might be the work of the late artists of Owari. Common design and all are the same. This type of tsuba is certainly by the same school, if not by the same hand." Owari? I would swear it looks by Shoami Kanenori - who did indeed produce very many the same, thus common, but in no way are they ALL the same. But he had nothing to do with Owari as far as I know. So I would ask who are these researchers/experts? arse from their elbow experts?
  3. Bugyotsuji
    Had this one Alex, but there are two problems with it. 1. I may have sold it to a friend. 2. The Kaneie Mei is probably not legit. Someone told me Kaneie tsuba do not have fukurin. 3. The pine tree is on the reverse, with some flying Daruma figure on the front.
  4. Rawa
    Japan is full of nationalists. There is 2,5 milion registered blades in Japan alone?
  5. Marius started following Kamakura Period Tanto Signed Kuniyuki (国行)
  6. Marius
    A Kamakura-period tanto, exhibiting classical Yamashiro characteristics. The blade is ubu, it has a slender profile, furisode nakago, mitsu-mune and a well-forged ko-itame hada with visible utsuri — elements typical of high-quality workmanship from the late 13th to early 14th century. Nagasa: 20.2 cm Motohaba: 1.9 cm Kasane: 5.5 mm Nakago: Ubu, furisode Hamon: Suguha with ko-nie Jihada: Ko-itame with utsuri Mei: Signed 国行 (Kuniyuki) The is signed Kuniyuki (国行). While this name is associated with quite a few smiths — most famously the Rai school — we have to assume it is gimei. An excellent study piece or candidate for shinsa. Do I need to tell you that such an offering is rather rare? I think this really is a passing tart. I won't keep this post up for long, as I am torn between selling it and sending it to shinsa. I might well go for the last option. So if you want it, act quickly. No price cut, no bargaining, sorry. Yours for: €2,150 inc. shipping to EU or US, others please ask. Payment: Wire transfer only, EUR, USD, GBP to the respective currency account (this will be a domestic transfer, no fees for int't wire transfer).
  7. Soshin
    Hi Richard, There is the New York Token Kai that meets in NYC. Here is the link to their website for more information:https://www.ny-tokenkai.org/.
  8. Alex A
    Hi Piers, don't really matter so long as good quality, cheers.
  9. Bugyotsuji
    Check out: Kaseiin Kanjaku Nikko Shinji is the kaimyô or posthumous buddhist name of this actor. Mortuary poem: In the sky of the second month the sadness of the sparrow's flight remains https://jpsearch.go.jp/item/arc_nishikie-JA13029 https://www.bing.com/search?q=歌成院光信士&qs=n&form=QBRE&sp=-1&lq=0&pq=歌成院光信士&sc=0-6&sk=&cvid=D54E03FAACC24C8187EBE0448FBCD1C6&ajf=10
  10. Bugyotsuji
    What size, Alex?
  11. Bugyotsuji
    If I can find the photographs, here are two more examples of Tessen-guruma, clematis wheel kamon, one as an iron tsuba, and one in the sliver fittings of an amber netsuke.
  12. LastSamurai
    Yes, why not? I would occasionally practice kata with it. To each his own. And I do wish for the nihonto to be papered as an appraisal of a respectable organization, such as NBTHK or NTHK.
  13. Alex A
    Looking for the above, school/style don't matter. Just to be clear, full tree design/carving, not just flowers. Good to high quality If not pine but you have another tree tsuba, plum etc., whatever, may consider. Pm me if have anything. Cheers.
  14. 2devnul
    New price 2700$ + free shipment.
  15. 2devnul
    New price 2200$ + free shipment.
  16. Jesta
    Thank you and Koichi. Judging from the book on fans (where they don’t seem to be represented) and the other articles, I couldn’t find them because they are not really fans, but paddles for a game. That would explain it
  17. Baka Gaijin
    A memorial portrait of Kabuki actors Nakamura Utaemon IV and Ichimura Takenojo V 1851/1852 Can't trace the artist
  18. MEENag
    Chiyozuru, the sword I bought as detailed earlier in this thread, received the export permit early this week and has entered the same time zone as me. It is in customs in Chicago, I live in Texas. It feels kind of weird that has been in Japan for 600 years and now it isn’t. I understand why some Japanese don’t like foreigners buying their swords, but I’m glad to have the opportunity.
  19. Spartancrest
    https://varshavskycollection.com/collection/lib-3022.2022/ https://www.dollsmuseum.jp/shop/product/Japanese-traditional-oshie-hagoita-02/ https://mainichi.jp/english/graphs/20211126/hpe/00m/0et/002000g/20211126hpe00m0et015000q https://chidorivintage.com/en-au/products/Japanese-decorative-wooden-paddle-hagoita-kabuki-kimono-edo-jk745?srsltid=AfmBOooX9LbYKcLxvBbTLWt4kCD6qkyCtAow-LcNwpaw33vlf-QhV0Z3
  20. Spartancrest
    I just released the St Louis book [again]. Larger format double the number of images. Someone gets a lot of the cash benefit, but it isn't me! Stupid high "markup" a $45 book to print, costs some poor sod $105 to feed the greedy middleman! And that's not even with shipping or taxes! I wouldn't pay that much for a book at the best of times - - - and it's my book! Brian where have you hidden the "bitching again emoji"?
  21. Nobody
    Ref. Hagoita - Wikipedia
  22. Jesta
    Slightly off-topic, but what is the name for the type of fans that they are holding? I saw these on a tsuba recently, but I couldn’t think of how to describe them to get a name out of Google…
  23. Spartancrest
    Cleveland Museum of Art, left some with "mounting" damage on a few of their exhibits. Luckily within the seppa-dai but still not excusable.
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  25. cluckdaddy76
    This was the only print that came with the collection I inherited. It was in a junk frame, so I decided to put it in a decent quality one with UV protection glass. The framer who helped me wanted to make it a floating piece, so I needed to pick out a thicker frame. I did choose the frame design. The pic does not portray the floating part well; it looks better in person. I figured it was worth preserving and would look good on my wall. It has a special backing on it to help preserve it from deteriorating and the off gassing that happens with this rice paper. Jason
  26. RFM
    Thanks Sam, well said.
  27. Bugyotsuji
    Did you choose the frame, Jason? A page out of a book? Famous Kabuki actors? A winter (February) scene of a 55-yr-old travelling samurai wearing a cloak. In a shop? (Just guessing from circumstantial evidence!)
  28. cluckdaddy76
    Pic 2
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