John A Stuart
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Yes, Brian. My first thought was broken and amateur repair. From the pics here, those 4, the nakago patina should have clued me in. I was more interested in the mei, and paid more attention to why 刎 was used instead of 藏 That made no sense to me, and was a riddle to solve. John
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Haaaa! Jean. Yes, whether it is this swords right to be or not to be, that is the question. John
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Ah, come on now. All I saw was the pics in this thread, not the subsequent ones which are more than obvious. I do have maybe too much optimism though. Ah well, the glasses may have helped. John
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The pics are not so good, and I thought maybe really damaged. With a name this big though?, very likely something other. You are probably right though. John
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BTW, This sword looks damaged, hopefully it is the angle photo'd and if this is by Masayoshi (2nd gen) 正儀 using the Masakata name, this will be a worthwhile find. He was, along with Taikei Naotane, Suishinshi Masahide's best students. John
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Tsuba maybe by Nobuhide 信秀 John
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A sword made by Masakata. 武刎住正方 He is from Musashi. Is 武刎 a form of 武藏 ? John
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A monstrance? It would be a pitiful example, even though gilded. Nothing to hold the luna and no latching mech for the glass. I am thinking some sort of finial, but to what, is the question. Roof peak maybe, it has weathering and verdigris, maybe? John
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BTW the tag mentions Muneshige in kanji and English. John
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Condolences to the family. It is hard to lose a son. John -
The wooden tag perhaps. Ueda-shi Suwagata 上田市諏訪形 Maybe Nakabayashi 中林 Yagasawa Kiyokazu 柳澤清一 (reading?) John
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Yari Signed Sukemune Nyudo Saku Ura Information Puzzle
John A Stuart replied to Ron STL's topic in Translation Assistance
#1) 両眼 is both eyes. How do you pierce both eyes? or does it just mean the face in general? The text 前述の如くに指先で水平に斬る。または掌背で打つ mentions to kill horizontally with the fingers as shown above (must be a picture) or back slapping ( I don't get this part). So, I suppose a thrust like a hand doing an eye jab. Nukite. John -
Using 劍 or related kanji instead of 刀 usually refers to a double edged blade as compared to a single edged blade. Could this refer to the type of sword this ornament is for? John
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It is a sanbontsugi hamon. John
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It is not a kanji, it is a kao. John
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This is definitely a kenjo tsuba made by Kyoto artist Atsuie 敦家 Even the kao matches. ca. 1700 John
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It seems to me to mean something like, it can be respectfully submitted as being a distinct or faithful example of the category. So, a good example, I suppose. John
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Yes, that seems right. Maybe also 佩服可?備清操 John
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Maybe this one; http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/13366-early-menuki-study-thread-ezo-vs-ko-mino/ John
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It is Choshu ju Nio Kiyoaki kitae 長州住二王方清在鍛 I am not sure what 方 is about though. John
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Looks good to me. John
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No score and a big NG are in accordance with that, eh? John
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It reads Muneaki or Munenori, 宗命 John
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Congratulations to all the participants, especially fellow Canuck Kevin Adams for his bronze for a tsuba. Bravo. John
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I can see the Saburo now, 三郎 Not much else. John
