Higo-san

Last price reduction to EUR 190.00 plus shipping! Remember that shakudo contains 3-7% gold. The value of the material is likely already more than the asking price…

Huge price cut to EUR 150 plus shipping! SPECIAL OFFER FOR US COLLECTORS: I CAN SEND THIS ITEM TO THE US FOR A TOTAL PRICE OF 230 USD INCLUDING SHIPPING!

Since the Catawiki reserve price was not met, you now have the opportunity to acquire this set for EUR 200.00 plus shipping which comes close to the melt value! SPECIAL OFFER FOR US COLLECTORS: I CAN SEND THIS ITEM TO THE US FOR A TOTAL PRICE OF 270 USD INCLUDING SHIPPING!

Now at auction: https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/102725310.

Final price drop to EUR 280.00 plus shipping before it goes to an auction platform. Best Chris

First and only price reduction to EUR 290.00 plus shipping costs for the set! Shipping costs: Germany EUR 6.19 EU EUR 14.49 Worldwide EUR 29.49

Dear all I am offering a nice fuchi and kashira set. As common with Higo, the fuchi and kashira are not from the same maker. The kashira is a very typical Higo kashira with the design of the yama-michi (the mountain path) with waves. The fuchi is a high quality plain nanako which was most likely made by a machibori craftsmen. Both are made from pure shakudo and go perfectly together. Dimensions: Kashira: 3.25 cm x 1.62 cm x 1.17 cm (height) Fuchi: 3.98 cm x 2.35 cm x 1.06 cm Nakago-ana: 2.75 cm x 0.73 cm Asking price: NEW EUR 290.00 NEW (individual prices would be EUR 250.00 for the kashira and EUR 90.00 for the fuchi) plus shipping costs Best Chris

Dear all I would like to sell a pair of suneate that came together with (but not belonging to) an armor many years ago from a French auction. I have always kept these intending to use them as part of an akazone yoroi. Now I have shifted my main focus away from armor I would like to sell them. Asking price: EUR 200.00 plus shipping Shipping costs: Germany EUR 6.19 EU EUR 14.49 Worldwide EUR 29.49 Best Chris

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Last chance at 260.00 plus shipping! Shipping fees Germany…………EUR 6.19 EU………………….EUR 14.49 UK………………….EUR 19.49 US………………….EUR 26.49 Rest……………….EUR 28.49

Dear all I am parting with a nicely made Edo period pine sukashi tsuba. Dimensions: 7.88 cm x 7.64 cm Height: 0.52 cm Seppa-dai (max): 2.99 cm x 0.85 cm Asking price: EUR 300.00 plus shipping Best Chris

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Dear all I would like to part with a very beautiful little kozuka. The pictures will only give a first impression of the design and age. It looks much nicer in hand! Please be aware of the rare dimensions of this piece which will very well fit on a Momoyama or earliest Edo period Tensho koshirae but will likely be too small for later koshirae. The piece comes without NBTHK papers but is either Ko Kinko or Ko Gotō in my opinion. The shakudo has a deep black patina with the gilding on the yanone being almost intact. There are some small damages which is normal due to its age. The nanako is still intact at the rim and around the arrow. Dimensions: Length: 9.57 cm Width: 1.34 cm Height: 0.47 cm Asking price: WITHDRAWN Shipping costs are: EUR 6.19 Germany EUR 14.49 EU EUR 19.49 UK EUR 26.49 US/Worldwide PayPal payments (Friends&Family or plus PayPal fees) possible! Best Chris

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Dear all I would like to part with a small but very well made item: a fuchi signed by Shoami Masanori who was (together with a second generation) a very important master of the Kyo Shoami group. What looks to be rather simple at the first sight becomes more and more fascinating when taking a closer look (and that is what Japanese Art is all about or is it not ;)?): the fuchi is decorated with kind of shogi (氏) elements highlighted with gold. What appears to be scratches are actually leaves which are carved in kebori into the iron between the shogi elements. A very beautiful and balanced design which witnesses great craftsmanship! Length: 39.8 mm Width: 24.0 mm Height: 9.3 mm Nakago-ana: 26.6 mm (max) x 8.3 mm (max) There is no kashira but the fuchi would go very well with a horn kashira and could be used for mounting a tensho koshirae. Asking price: EUR 90.00 plus shipping costs Kind regards Chris

Seems that these are not so much sought after - final price drop to EUR 50 plus shipping!

Some nice samurai armor for sale at Landshuter Rüstkammer: https://auktion.land...1/?lot_range=488-539. Best Chris

Ah - thanks, Piers! I think you hit the nail on the head! I know that the 網代笠 ajiro-gasa was a traveling hat but what is the meaning commonly associated with a battered ajiro-gasa? Does it mean that every journey (or even life itself) comes to an end sooner or later?

A kasa with a twig (Edit: these are strings as Piers kindly points out in the next post) on top of it; was re-used as a tobacco pouch ornament at some point - 2.1 cm x 1.1 cm

I have listed another couple of items: 6) Some higher quality fuchi kashira: https://www.ebay.de/itm/156759703701 7) Another fuchi lot: https://www.ebay.de/itm/156756012060 8 ) An interesting little maedate: https://www.ebay.de/itm/156760380321 9) Some small stuff for tobacco pouches, seppa, habaki and menuki: https://www.ebay.de/itm/156759838119 Thanks for watching and happy bidding!

Dear all as I have learned that there seems to be a huge interest for gunto spare parts, I have looked through my collection and found another fuchi which may be of interest. It is made from copper and has three marks on it (I have always thought that these were Kinko stamps but then found a website explaining the background: http://ohmura-study.net/794.html). My fuchi has three stamps that can be identified as follows: 1) Private sector sword company trademark: Co,Ltd. Suya Shōten 2) Inspection mark: 東 Army Arsenal Tōkyō Factory 3) Supervisor Arsenal trademark: Army Arsenal Tōkyō Factory As I am no collector of military swords, I do not know how rare these are or what they usually sell for - so please feel free to correct my asking price or make an offer. But I find the history behind these fuchi quite interesting as normally you do not know who made these. Dimensions: Nakago ana: 2.5 cm x 0.62 cm max Fuchi: 1.1 cm (height) x 3.82 cm x 2.5 cm Asking price is EUR 75 plus shipping (up to EUR 23 worldwide depending on your location) Best Chris

Dear all! This is just a quick notice about a couple of my eBay auctions (shipping to EU only): 1) 14+ habaki lot: https://www.ebay.de/itm/156744562269 2) Fuchi lot 1: https://www.ebay.de/itm/156744398655 3) Fuchi lot 2: https://www.ebay.de/itm/156744432544 4) Fuchi lot 3: https://www.ebay.de/itm/156744440343 5) 30+ Seppa lot: https://www.ebay.de/itm/156744456620 Best Chris

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