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https://www.kusanaginosya.com/SHOP/496.html Just came across this blade that I thought had a ton of historical context! Unju naginata naoshi katana Kiritsuke-mei stating it was a possession of the famed warlord Kato Kiyomasa Hon'ami Nisshu origami + sayagaki Showa 23 "daimyo" torokusho

Nobuyoshi 信賀 apparently was a early name of Dotanuki Masakuni Asking price might be reasonable if this was papered...Dotanuki seem to be even more in demand in recent years

Piers yep just had a look at Toko taikan Awa Tokushima-han, worked from Hoei to Kyoho. Student of Osaka smith Tsuda Sukenao

Yeah probably a shinshinto thing

I believe is it Suzuki Yamato (no) Kami Sukemasa 鈴木大和守助政

Ko-Mihara I like Rayhans answer as well

I agree completely. But looking at this blade, its attribution and shinsa session I still don't think it is hugely underpriced, around a third of the price for a daito Jūto by upper tier Tegai of this quality. Ofc that is only my opinion

I think it's priced around as expected for a Juyo wakizashi no?

After seeing Jeans Gokaden collection thread that has been a goal of mine. It's gonna take a while!!!

looks like 豫州吉田住藤原正信作 Yoshū (Iyo province) Yoshida jū Fujiwara Masanobu saku

Nice fingerprint?

By the way does anyone know roughly when the results of this years Juyo shinsa will be released? January? It is my first time submitting to it

Ah yes my bad Chris the full mei is Yokoyama Kozuke (no) Kami Fujiwara Sukesada no nengo (date)

I think Robert is correct 長曽祢虎徹 Nagasone Kotetsu (some characters appear to be in older forms)

https://www.aoijapan.com/wakizashi-yokoyama-kozuke-daijyo-fujiwara-sukesada-bizen-osafune-jyunin/

I think for most collectors disregarding older papers or 'buy the sword not the paper' is really only feasible for a certain level/price of sword. Say for a run-of-the-mill shinto wakizashi it may not feasible to send to a shinsa given that the rise in value would not be substantial enough. However, if you are the market to buy or sell items say on the level of Darcy's stock then it would be imperative to get up-to-date papers - as a seller it would mean you could ask for substantially higher sales prices - Potential buyers will take you seriously. Most buyers would be uncomfortable in taking a punt on a high-price mumei blade with old papers. Obviously the price threshold would be different for everyone but once a blade reaches a certain value most collectors would probably want the piece of mind of a recognised paper imo

I'll go with Chu-Aoe

Yep toko taikan corroborates this. It says the Smith name was Sawahara Noboru, han-shi of Shirakawa domain, student of Naotane Worked from Bunka to Ansei. Worked in Soshu-den but also has suguha works.

Unusual to have a mumei ubu Hizento methinks? Could also be Bungo Takada

According to this site http://www.nbthk-gf.or.jp/ronbun03.htm the smith name was 伊奈勘蔵 Ina Kanzō I can't find this smith listed in any of my references

here you go http://www.e-sword.jp/tantou/1810-3030.htm

Nengo (dates) can be (and often are) faked with the rest of gimei signatures. +1 to books first mate

IMHO I think the requirements of tanto Signed+dated+koshirae+papered all <250,000 Yen is a pretty tall order even in the current market good luck edit: Closest one I found - http://nihontou.jp/choice03/toukenkobugu/tantou/131/00.html Dated Meiji 2, Hozon, koshirae but 300,000 Yen

34　岡山県　浅口郡　六条院町西＿　1673　 北殿熊吉所有 Okayama-ken Asakuchi-gun West Rokujo'in Town Possession of Kitatono Kumakichi Hope that helps

Second one different hiro