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  1. Nobody
    Hi Bungo, Bingo! Almost correct. :D Further, the picture had a specific practical purpose. Does anyone realize?
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    Hi, Catalog is not a bad guess, but it is not the right answer. Here are big hints. There are two types of Tsuba on the picture. The motifs of Tsuba have common characteristics. There are twelve Tsuba(s).
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    Hi Mike, It is unrelated to Ukiyo-e.
  4. Nobody
    Ah, maybe I understand your problem. I do not know the latest model such as D80. But I assume that you cannot edit saved pictures with your camera. You can only view enlarged picture on the monitor of the camera, I think. If that is the problem, it is the specification of the product.
  5. Nobody
    Hi Milt, Check the current focus mode and read manual. Ordinary auto focus mode does not allow shutter to work when focus is not gained.
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    I only know two points. 1. Generally, micro (macro?) lenses can take a close-up at shorter distance compared with ordinary lenses of the same focal length. 2. The optical design of micro lenses are optimized at relatively short distance for close-up.
  7. Nobody
    The point of my question is the purpose of the picture. English is always difficult.
  8. Nobody
    The following picture of Tsuba can be seen on the site of National Died Library. The picture was drawn before 1859. Do you know what the sheet is? I know the answer.
  9. Nobody
    This is not the info on CD's. But there are too many categories of traditional music. http://jtrad.columbia.jp/eng/index.html
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    Hi Ted, I found that 師兄 is a Chinese word meaning senior pupil, though I do not know it refers to the Mei. I am sorry, but frankly speaking, the inscription looks like scrawls of a kindergartner to me. Of course this is only my thought.
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    Hi Carlo, Do you refer to the item 207 0348? Then the essentials are as follows. Mei says that Ikkansai Masachika (一貫斎正近) responding to the request of Ito Masanori (伊東正則). A haiku was inscribed on the blade. The meaning is someting like "what a loud man to wear long katana at a cherry blossom-viewing". (notes: the haiku was written by Mukai Kyorai, who was a student of Matsuo Basho.)
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    That could be 天保五年師代兄政之. I do not know the proper reading with reasonable sense except "Tenpo go nen". However, as my personal feeling, I do not like the writing of the Mei.
  13. Nobody

    Nioi Kogori

    Nobody replied to Henry Wilson's topic in Nihonto

    I have a book 刀剣鑑定読本(Token Kantei Dokuhon, 1995 version) written by Nagayama. Nagayama used the word kogori in the book many times. Kogori is a general Japanese noun and written as こごり or 凝り. It means coagulative (maybe). For example, we call jellied fish broth as kogori. Assuming from the context, Nagayama seems to use Nioi Kogori or Nie Kogori as a general expression for Ashi(足) and/or You(葉). That is only my opinion.
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    Hi 船長 san, I do not know the smith. However, I made a search on internet and found the same Mei on a kogatana. It was on an already closed auction. Moriyama san Do you have the link for that? nigel 船長さん, Unfortunately, both the auction page and its cache are lost. You can see only the lists of the search result. http://www.google.co.jp/search?sourceid ... 5%AE%97%22
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    Hi 船長 san, I do not know the smith. However, I made a search on internet and found the same Mei on a kogatana. It was on an already closed auction.
  16. Nobody
    嶌田小十郎助宗 (Shimada Kojurou Sukemune)
  17. Nobody
    Watch the blade carefully. Now do you realize on which side the edge is?
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    I found one paper in Japanese. But please do not ask me to translate, as I do not have enough ability. :| http://www.tulips.tsukuba.ac.jp/limedio ... 3247/2.pdf
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    University of Tsukuba Library https://www.tulips.tsukuba.ac.jp/portal/index_eng.php e-mail: voice@tulips.tsukuba.ac.jp I think that if the missing link works, only the image of the painting will be shown.
  20. Nobody
    You might already know this. http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/deta/s/sogaha.htm
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    Mei Assistance Please

    Nobody replied to vjk's topic in Nihonto

    As milt said, it is Muneyuki (綂行). The kanji 綂 is identical with 統 (tou, tomo, mune, ..., etc.).
  22. Nobody
    As for Rich's tsuba, the motif is called Hana-Kurusu (花久留子). It is a family crest which is an arrenged christian cross motif. http://www.otomiya.com/kamon/kibutsu/kurusu.htm
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    seems to be a koto. The Mei reads Masatsugu (政次). It looks like the Mei of Masatsugu in Yamato at late Muromachi, although I cannot judge its authenticity.
  24. Nobody
    Hi Milt, Don't ask me about the price. Unfortunately I am in Japan. BTW, the 80D seems to be with 18-200 mm lens. That's better.
  25. Nobody
    This is my only experiecne. Even if the surface looked flat with your naked eyes, you might find very small spots of rust with a magnifying glass.
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