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Probably, it is one of the sculpture series about noble people's life. It is the Go-board which the little girl(or boy) has. (?) :D

Showa 昭和五十四年十月二十一日 21,October,1979

Yes, the game Go. :D And also, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi

Hi, You already described on the first posting,it is written "Shinto" 新刀　in the parenthesis. :D

棋 ( "ki" ) means Igo and Shogi. Do you know Igo or Shogi game?

Hi, Seki Kanemitsu 関兼光

Hi, :D The line drawing of Honjo Masamune is an old rolled book which I possess. Just two years ago, I visited Washington D.C from Japan, and visited to The Library of Congress with Mr.Stephen Thorpe. We perused many rolls of line drawings of swords in a reading room. :D (I saw another line drawing of Honjo Masamune in there.) I think that 30 or more long rolls(line drawings of Japanese swords) exist in The Library of Congress. A thesis will be able to be written if someone studies these rolls. Someone should challenge it.

Mr.Bleed, Thank you very much! I have wanted to see this report of the magazine. 3),5),,13) were already discovered. ---------------------------------------- 1) Katana: Masamune(Meibutsu,Honjo Masamune),Tokugawa family 2) Tachi: Rai Kuniyuki (Yamashiro), Motoda family 3) Tachi: (Aoe) Masatsune (Bicchu),Kumano Hayatama shrine 4) Torikubi-Tachi(Ken),Kumano-Hayatama shrine 5) Torikubi-Tachi: mumei, Niu shrine 6) Tachi: Rai Kunimitsu (Yamashiro), Matsubara shrine 7) Wakizashi: Kunihiro (Shoshu),Matsubara shrine 8 ) Tachi:Iyeske (Bizen),Tamashima shrine 9) Itomaki Tachi:Nagamitsu (Bizen),Aso shrine 10) Tanto blade with Peony designed gold scabbard and handle,Aso shrine 11) Archaic Tachi style with round handle,Kamishima shrine 12) Katana: Norishige (Ecchu),Kagoshima shrine 13) Katana: Akihiro(Shoshu),Kagoshima shrine 14) Katana: Shume no Kami Ippei Yasuyo (Satsuma),Miyasaka shrine --------------------

Kunitaro san, Welcome to this forum. Are you Dejimaya san?

Nice koshirae.! I think,this koshirae is called a kind of Toppei-Koshirae? 突兵拵

Although Kanjis of the Zoku mark were not formal, people generally used it at the old time. I used [Nan-Ji Tai-Kan]難字大鑑 as a reference book. :D

Hi,

JacquesD is right. This swordsmith appears on [Tosho Zenshu] Page 614. His family name was Takeuchi. RJT smith.

Horai 蓬来

Hi, Last Kanji means "stamp" 印 Inuidani or Kenya ia a family name or place name. 乾谷造印 So this stamp means "Made by(in) Inuidani/Kenya".

Yes, it's Kanenori.

Hi, :D I hope the sword exhibition will be successful. Nice Kogarasu large poster !! (This hanga is kabuse-bori reprint). Katsushika Hokusai's original print is: http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com ... lcfr6z4%3D

HI, The mei is good.

See Slough's oshigata book on page 137-138. 守次則定

A little hint for your study :D

Hi, Thanks runagmc. :D This my oshigata was not drawing by Sekkaboku-black-wax. This Oshigata was printed with painted black-ink to the Nakago(tang) directly, like a Hanga print.(Old technique of Oshigata). :D

Original Tomecho was written with the brush. Attached pic is a Tomecho published before the earthquake.

Hi, I have an original oshigata of this smith.

This is a soejo paper that i have. viewtopic.php?f=9&t=12870&p=110564&hilit=soejo#p110564 And, Do you know the meaning of Tomecho? 　留帳 The original Tomecho was burned down according to the fire for the earthquake in 1923. However, a part of Tomecho was published before the earthquake.

Thank you for the sharing of the picture,a very rare sword. :D