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  1. From left to right 明治時代副官軍用刀 Meiji period Adjutant’s Gunto 尉官用 Company officer use 佐官用 Field officer use 尉官用 Company officer use 佐官用 Field officer use 佐官用 Field officer use 將官用 General use 海軍用 Navy use 海軍用 Navy use 各種刀緒Various Sword Knot
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  2. I'd suggest buy from the dealers here. Reputable, knowledgeable with proven track record and guaranteed quality. No offense to the Japanese dealer, he had a Yosozaemon Sukesada Yari I missed few weeks back... most is out of polish considerably overpriced Cheers John
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  3. OK, so the whole name would be Kangi-nyūdō Akihide, showing that he has some special devotion or affiliation with Kangiten https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangiten 於相武台下歓喜入道明秀作之 Oite Sabudai shita, Kangi nyūdō Akihide saku kore Made by Kangi nyūdō Akihide, in Sōbudai.
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  4. A fine Edo-period Tsuba for sale Old Sakura / Ume - tree under the moon Iron,Gold,Silver Dimensions 87 mm x 83 mm x 4 mm Very nice condition Price is 180.- Euro ( plus shipping ) PM me if interestet Cheers! Christian
    3 points
  5. 小林昌荣依好鍛之 - Depending on Kobayashi Masahide's taste, forged this. 黒▢光孝 - Kuro+something Mitsutaka +kao I am unsure about the characters in blue.
    3 points
  6. Ref. Bonhams : A rare iron sukashi tsuba By Noda Mitsuhiro, late 18th century
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  7. It has half heartedly tried to put a date on one side of the nakago. The sloppily chiselled kanji try to say Showa 18, ie 1943 but the date is not finished properly. Then the name of a hypothetical smith on the other side.
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  8. I offer for sale several books 1. Higo kinkō taikan Kanzan Sato 1964 390 € Higo Kinko Daikan 2. Kiyo maro seitan 200 nenkinen Sano Museum 2013 140 € 200th anniversary of Kiyomaro's birth 3. Tsuba no dezain Mitsuo Shibata 1993 60 € Design of Tsuba 4. Japanese Art and Design Christie’s London Christie´s 2004 50 € 5. Rokushō Vol. 34 sold Bakumatsu Meiji no tsuba Tōsō kinkō 6. Masamune to sono deshi Sano Museum 2002 100 € Masamune and his disciples 7. Kurihara Nobuhide no kenkyū NBTHK 1976 90 € Nobuhide Kurihara research 8. Tōkō tsubakō jiten Takanori Shimizu 1973 50 € Swordsmith Construction Code 9. Nihontō no okite to tokuchō Mitsuru Honami 1967 sold Rules and characteristics of Japanese swords 10. Tokugawa bijutsukan zō-hin 抄 3 Tokugawa Museum 1998 90 € Tokugawa Art Museum Collection Extract 3 11. Nihonto Juyo Bijutsuhin Zenshu vol. 2 140 € 12. Meito Zufu Junji Homma 1935 290 € Famous sword All prices + PP fees + shipping Sent from Slovakia - no additional charges within the EU
    1 point
  9. If in the US, work with US dealers. Unless you are buying at the Juyo or above level, you will do much better for your $ in the USA. Also, no international mail or customs hassles and you can return it or be protected by USA law in a state to state transaction. As far as Nobukuni works go, if it doesn't look like the attached examples= then what is in a name? The first few generations of Nobukuni are great.
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  10. I;ve a notion of Echizen and later shinto period, just as an aside. The pine crane fittings are very nice, the whole koshirae is rather tight and fine. Not a bad trade. John
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  11. I know nothing about blades, but one thing I would ask myself is why a quality blade currently located in Tokyo does not have papers.
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  12. Blade isn't the main interest here I think. Here is a pic or 2 of the fittings. Not superb, but nice. It also has a decent kogai and a kozuka/kogatana. Tsuba isn't bad either.
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  13. Possibly so as Ohmura san states the information is coming from the City of Seki. (資料ご提供: 関市役所商工観光課桜田様)
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  14. There is a lot of useful information on that webpage of which some is not yet translated. I used this webpage as a guide for breaking down the non-military stamps which was discussed in the "Arsenal Stamps." thread. I agree that there is some confusion in regards to the chronology of the stamps and that the 桜に昭 predates the 関. As you are aware, NIck is currently looking into this matter.
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  15. Dear Brian, I used to have a sword like that with a similar hamon in a shin-gunto koshirae (leather covered saya). The blade was also mumei with a very similar nakago and reputed to be shin-shinto. This one seems to be shin-shinto too. Just my two cents......
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  16. Hi Mark, I've had a look at the photos on the Aoi page and the item looks like a genuine piece. There appears to be no rust scabs on the iron and I think that your worry about the loss of gold nunome may be a bit unjustified. It looks like the gold has been applied in kakihagi, shadow inlay, which creates a more subtle effect. Gold nunome around the rim of tsuba does tend to wear off in use, but this inlay is in the main body. It is probably a competently made late Edo piece using a standard design (IMHO). I am not recommending the vendor to you, but I have bought a tsuba from him and the purchase went smoothly and the item was in good condition, as described. The only fault that I have with Aoi is that they are non-committal as to the possible artist schools. I'm sure their knowledge is far greater than mine, but everything seems to be 'mumei,Edo period' unless it has a NBTHK certificate (covering themselves I guess). Hope this helps with your decision. Best regards, John
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  17. While searching for information of traditional blade manufacturing methods I came across this diagram. There are some interesting blade sections shown, but the captions stump me. I would be grateful if someone here could help. Are these the names of the smiths known to use these, or are they descriptive of the steels used. Picture is original size as downloaded, I looked at enlarging it but the definition broke up a little.
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  18. 長﨑國住人 - A resident in Ngasaki 弘雲子彫之 - Kounshi (art name) carved this.
    1 point
  19. Boxed examples of Kyu Gunto tassels on yahoo.jp: https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/t803299774
    1 point
  20. Some nice Kyu Gunto tassels: 1: General grade 2: Field grade 3: All ranks for field use
    1 point
  21. Dear Bob. I really like this one! It's a beautiful piece of work. All the best.
    1 point
  22. Can't translate gibberish. It's meaningless. And the steel is of no consequence. Whatever steel the Chinese had lying around. It's a wallhanger.
    1 point
  23. Item No.24 - Iron sukashi tsuba - Yagami school , Hizen - late 18th century 7.60 cm dia Subject of three hares running with stormy waters Signed Yagami Mitsuhiro on rear - Can anyone translate the inscription on the front ? Is it a dedication for a commissioned piece ? Haynes Index no. H05200
    1 point
  24. This is insane! I never bid on such pieces. One day they will understand that a matching full suit is worth more than the sum of the pieces.
    1 point
  25. can this picture be translated and does it offer any help
    1 point
  26. Unfortunately cameras can greatly distort things like taper. The first picture in the thread looks like Kambun shinto. The last one less so. If it has no taper, it can be late Nambokucho, probably Tegai school. There is an additional issue of it being suriage, so one does not 100% know how much the curvature/tapering is affected by that.
    1 point
  27. Trans: Tsuchiya School, from the line of Yasuchika, starting from the 4th generation Yasuchika the 4th was active also with the name “Nagahide”. His first name (or real name) was “Shinsuke”. He also used “Sei Unsai” and “Ichirin”. It isn’t known if the 4th gen was the natural son of (or adopted by) the 3rd gen. Either way, he also studied with the master Iwamoto Konkon in the province of Mito. There he produced pieces signed “4th gen Yasuchika, resident of Mito”. The 4th gen Yasuchika produced works mostly in katakiribori. [from Markus Sesko’s text on the Japanese Toso-Kinko Schools, p.166] ------------------------------------- I had not read this before, but it frames perfectly a fuchi-kashira set attributed to the 4th gen that I had been resisting buying. The work was in katakiribori. Also, I'd been studying this yondai work. https://www.kusanaginosya.com/SHOP/238.html --There is something about his katakiribori that stands out to me as distinct, but I haven't figured it out yet.
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  28. Forging does look like Yamato and Koto. Sugata is unusual, with such unusual fumbari (no, not the Kamakura one) which continues all the way to kissaki. This unfortunately most likely excludes pre-Muromachi examples, and the hamon is a tad too wide and rough for earlier work. Kambun shinto would be a good fit, but with such forging I would argue its from about 1500. Can be Shikkake, but I would argue for Sue Tegai. Or maybe even Mino Kanenobu, they forged in Yamato style at the time. Its in more than enough polish to paper. Polishing expenses... Up to 4-7k depending on exact length, the need for new shirasaya, habaki etc. Price of such sword in full polish - below investment. I also would be concerning that it can very well be Edo Kambun Owari school, which forged at times very similar to Yamato, and had rather rough (un-shinto) jigane. http://sanmei.com/contents/media/S19795_S2068_PUP_E.html
    1 point
  29. Hirazukuri, late Muromachi... It can paper, its just not a pricy item. After Oei Nobukuni's are not that important. P.S. I had better names from this smith papering. But what he sells is usually not in polish and has forging flaws.
    1 point
  30. Since there is a lot of Nobukuni, it can be shoshin , in this case, the problem is : who ?
    1 point
  31. Out of Japan, from a dealer of low level stuff, big name, no NBTHK paper. Draw your own conclusions
    1 point
  32. Or one of these... From personal experience, percussion is more reliable but the powder fouling still clogs and sticks in wet weather.
    1 point
  33. Furthermore, there are fake mekugi ana to make the blade look older...
    1 point
  34. I kindly disagree, several mekugi ana are not a proof of suriage, the location of the mei, the path taken by the nakago shinogi and the nakago jiri suggest that this sword is ubu. There are several Nagamitsu even if we can exlude THE Nagamitsu Jason, Measurements will be helpful (nagasa, sori, motohaba, moto kasane etc.).
    1 point
  35. A good question, Roger, with many possible answers. Recently I have been thinking that there may have been at least two facets to this, an earlier and a later stage. One, establishing that Christianity somehow fits into established background traditions, during a time of proselytizing. Two, later, on the backfoot under persecution, furtively revealed to fellow converts to establish fraternity/credibility. if ever it became too dangerous, as you say, then said tsuba might well have been removed from the blade and hidden somewhere.
    1 point
  36. Massive rabbit and moon toshō tsuba SOLD
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  37. Not just on wooden saya! Details are hard to see on this one because it is so shiny, but it has a faint embossed pattern and I suspect originally had coloured detail.
    1 point
  38. I have made a table to summarise Derek's experimental results. The table is followed by his comments on the oils/preparations. The table and comments are in the attached PDF. I organized the table based on the results with the A+ results at the top and D results at the bottom. Edited to add ounces and mL so both show for each sample. Experiment results summary revised.pdf
    1 point
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