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  1. Hello friends,
    with the new sword i got this beautiful parrot tsuba :)
    I've never seen such a motif on a tsuba.
    The processing of details is very precise.

    Each side of the tsuba has a different material.
    I just don't know the author.
    Can you please help me identify the author of this interesting tsuba ?;)

    Thank you :bowdown:

     

    Jiri

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  2. 21 hours ago, IBot said:

    Jiri,  Your mask is the same, except for the colour and leather lining, as one on an armour I own made by a Ki Yasukiyo in 1847. There are also minor differences in the yasuri mei but the flower on the chin and general shape are the same. Mine is inscribed 'Ki Yasukiyo' who describes himself as a pupil of 'KI Myochin Muneyasu'.  What does not make sense is that the masks signed by Munyasu look nothing like mine and yours. Myochin Muneyasu was a member of the Shonai Myochin who worked for the Tsuyama Clan in Musashi. His masks have a tear-drop shaped depression at the angle of the jaw. Despite being a Tsuyama retainer, Muneyasu seems to have made  armour for other families.  I have also seen the same style of your and my mask signed by a Myochin Munechika and one appeared in a sale in London signed by a Munekane.  Munekane turned to making tsuba later in his life but more importantly kept a diary in which he states that the maker of my mask, Yasukiyo, was really called Araji Katsuzo and that he came from Matsumoto in Nagato when he was 19 years old to study under Muneyasu.  He is recorded to have stayed with Muneyasu only 3 years before returning home. In all Muneyasu / Munekane had 18 pupils between 1834 and 1844, the youngest being 13 years old, the oldest 46. Now Yasukiyo could not have been trained as an armourer in 3 years so it looks as if Muneyasu ran a kind of finishing-school that taught the latest Edo styles, and that he didn't teach himself, but left the task to Munekane who seems to hav been his assistant. I assume your Kanetsugu was yet another pupil. I have found your Kanetsugu in the diary but his age and the date when he worked with Munekane are not recorded. He has however signed the mask with his original family and personal name and does not mention that he was taught the style by the Myochin which clearly he was.

    Ian Bottomley

    Dear Ian,
    thank you very much for your post.
    Can you please attach a photo of your mask ?
    From Akao Shuji, I only found this kabuto:

    https://iidakoendo.com/1977/

    Sincerely

    Jiri

  3. Somen Tengu Menpo - Fukutake Ichiro
    A very beautiful and attractive somen menpo, bearing all the hallmarks of the famous Katchu maker - Fukutake Ichiro.
    He was a master of Uchidashi work, which is very evident on this menpo.
    The price of this Somen Menpo is 10000 EUR. (postage or Paypal fees not included)
    If you have any questions, feel free to contact me by P.M.
    thank you for watching

     

    Sincerely 

    Jiri

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  4. Hanbo : Myochin School 
    A very attractive Hanbó decorated with the symbol of the sun and the moon.
    Menpo is signed: 友長
    Well if you read right to left it’s 友長 Tomonaga, but left to right would be 長友Nagatomo.
    There was a Myōchin line Tomonaga with those characters 友長 in Sendai at the end of the Edo Period
    Tomonaga's affiliation with the Myochin can not be confirmed though.

    This menpo was published in two books.
    Die Samurai and Samurai Armor by Ian Bottomley.
    The price of this Menpo is 5000 EUR. (postage or Paypal fees not included)
    If you have any questions, feel free to contact me by P.M.
    thank you for watching

    Sincerely

    Jiri

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  5. Hello friends,
    please advice about my menpo.
    Myochin family is written in the book where it is published.
    However, the signature does not look like Myochin.
    What do you think ?
    Thank you in advance for your feedback

     

    Jiri

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