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  1. Kanenaga
    I seem to have lost my gold koban, even though I recently renewed. Help!? Les
  2. Kanenaga
    So I tried to comment about this once before, but my post mysteriously disappeared. I'll try again. If you are not already familiar with this issue, you should read about the relative merits of papers from the NBTHK or from the travelling North American shinsa organizations. There may be archived material on this site, perhaps someone more savvy than me can direct you to some relevant previous discussions. Les
  3. Kanenaga
    I thought there were many quality inro in this auction. Don't see them in the results. Did I hallucinate them?
  4. Kanenaga
    So this one is also Juyo Tosogu (Kanshiro) and is available for purchase. https://iidakoendo.com/10840/
  5. Kanenaga
    Here's a daisho version with foxes. Wedding procession -- the bride is in the palanquin.
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    Excellent memory, John. Old-timer??
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    I seem to recall an article about this sword from many years ago, possibly in the JSSUS Newsletter, and possibly by Han Bing Siong. Does this jog any old-timer memories?
  8. Kanenaga
    Thanks Mark and Franco. Shannon, I seem to recall some discussion(s) about the metallurgical aspects in the remote past, but not sure how to track them down.
  9. Kanenaga
    Can anyone recommend a book (or website) about utsuri? Ideal would be a discussion about the different types, with examples, and something about the metallurgy. Bizen style utsuri. Osafune Kagemitsu tachi. Photo by Darcy Brockbank. Copyright Darcy Brockbank estate.
  10. Kanenaga
    Seems he liked it!
  11. Kanenaga
    Kanayama?
  12. Kanenaga
    Another take-home point may be that when Aoi-Art uses the phrase "transmitted as ..." it suggests that the attribution (in this case, to Aoe) is being questioned, tactfully. BTW, nice tachi koshirae with this sword. Late, but handsome.
  13. Kanenaga
    I think Aoe is in Bitchu province, adjacent to Bizen. There are generational issues in Aoe Sadatsugu. Sesko lists two in 1184-1227, i.e., ko-Aoe, and three more later. The video would be more interesting if I understood spoken Japanese...
  14. Kanenaga
    Dragon a frequent theme on Shimizu Jingo tsuba. Usually a vajra on the back (but that's another story). Likely 5th Jingo master
  15. Kanenaga
    OK to tell us where you saw this?
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    So perhaps the punch marks were on the original model tsuba?
  17. Kanenaga
    https://www.way-of-t...-to-tie-a-sageo.html
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    Hi Henry, The tanto is likely sue-Mino 16th century, the mounts younger of course but very "shibui." I particularly like the sageo. Overall a very handsome package! Consider bringing it to the next meeting of the NCJSC? Feb. 17 @ 12:30 at Japantown in SF. Les
  19. Kanenaga
    There is also a large one on the other side, lower down toward the nakago.
  20. Kanenaga
    FWIW, these signatures all look different to my non-expert eye.
  21. Kanenaga
    The signature is still a bit problematic, but I must say I quite like this tsuba. It has a "presence" like some Kaneie tsuba.
  22. Kanenaga
    I would ask the seller, who is well known on this board, to confirm that the dark streaks in the hamon are indeed "streaks" of oil or dirt or whatever, and not lamination openings, which if present would not necessarily disqualify the sword but might interfere with your enjoyment of it.
  23. Kanenaga
    So my copy of Self & Hirose (Japanese Art Signatures) shows the kanji with the three boxes can be read "kazu". Not one that we encounter often in sword signatures.
  24. Kanenaga
    I see a "crab-claw" in the last photo, so maybe a Sukesada ?
  25. Kanenaga
    Good to keep in mind, though, that some artists used similar cut-outs in the nakago-ana, either for convenience or as a form of tagane-mei. 5th Jingo master
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