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Hi, Yes, address and personal name. Personal name is "Goto Minoru"

Why does this smith carve unreadable 2 Kanjis at the end of lines. Maurice, Are two grooves long or short? (goma-hashi or nisuji-hi)

Hi, Please point out when an English translation is wrong.

Hi Steve, Thank you for your the reply.　 It is tired to rewind a lot of long scrolls. I learnt Token Shokwan (34 scroll/8 book set) for the first time by your posting. In your seeing it, are the scrolls existence in the United States now? Are the scrolls belongings of individual ownership or a public organization? (Please do not write a concrete name.) I am interested in missing national treasure swords, especially three swords of the Aso shrine now. Of course, I am interested in genuine Oshigata of Meibutsu sword-- Honjo Masamune.

Mr.Thorpe "Xuande " is a name of an era of Ming Dynasty in China. :D Thank you for the important information in the first posting. Are you owning the Token Shokwan 34 scroll/8 book set? Because Okubo Ichiwo's an ancestor or relative's Okubo Tadayori who was a researcher about the swords history etc, so I think that Okubo Ichiwo also owned some materials. I will study about Okubo Ichiwo. The most recently,I bought "Nihonto Newsletter", by Albert Yamanaka, 4Vol the complete set from NCJSC. And, I was surprised because the translation of Meibutsu-Cho and the list of missing　 national treasure sword etc. appeared. The article on Botanzukuri-Tanto(koshigatana) and Hotaru-maru are very interesting. Regards.

Ryuu oshigata, in around 1939.

OK, I'll upload tang Oshigata tomorrow.

That ebay sword ? 1500USD ?

Yes, the article is in Japanese. No, link on any web site about him. Why do you stick to this swordsmith? End.

As you know Okayama Prefecture is BIZEN provice before the Meiji era. His personal name is Tominaga Shinzo, he lived Okayama but he was a descendant of Dotanuki tradition(Higo,Kumamoto). See Uchiyama's article [Gendai Nihonto Shoshi] Ⅶ , page 6, on [Token Bijutsu]#153 . I have his sword tang Oshigata. That's all.

Hi, I only know he lived in Okayama prefecture at that time. Tominaga Ryu-u 富永 龍宇

Hi,Arnaud Thanks! I saw these photographs(excluding a photograph of S/N) on Ebay in January, 2007.

Hi,

Do you know how difficult to read the Kinbin-character of the stamp? I can not read the stamp. PM me.

This Waka poem has some elements of the word-play. The same pronunciation is used in the meanings of a different words. The meaning of the Waka poem is the following.(Sorry poor my English. ) " Ring more,the sounds and gongs at Sayamata (or in the rice field in Sayama). (Animals are driven away by sounds when hawking. Or, Dengaku-music in rice field.) If my dear feelings to a hawk mount up more like this sound,the hawk will come home. "

:D Tominaga Ryuu http://home.earthlink.net/~ttstein/tosho.htm

Hi, These groups are descendants of swordsmiths who moved from Mino(Seki) to Kaga(Kanazawa) in around the 16th century. They are called " Kaga-Seki ". Sumimiya school is one of them. See Honma's [Nihonto meikan] 3rd ed,on page 172.

Congratulations.! It is Sumi-miya shool.

Hi, Nice hanging scroll.!!!! Thank you for sharing the image of the hanging scroll. An English translation of poetry is the next posting tommorrow. Because an English translation is difficult to me. Can you read modern Japanese characters(hira-kana, kata-kana )?

Hi, Isn't there mei under "Saku" more ? "Kanazawa Sumi-miya saku...?....." ,金澤炭宮作....... Maybe Kanenori,兼則, shin-to .

Serge, :D I have already finished the decipherment to the modern Japanese characters. I'm translating it into English now. So, If you are possible, will you posting the image of scroll?

Hi Charlie san, Thanks! The front jacket is good. A wakizashi of the front jacket is Hiromasa (Soshu tradition), mid-Muromachi period.

Hi, Is only a white hawk drawn in the scroll? Or, is it a scene of hunting with a hawk(hawking)?

Oh,please. I am collecting S/N# of Mantetsu-sword.

Hi, I have already obtained the book. :D