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Hello Guys many thanks for your efforts!! some month ago I found this valuable old (dated 1928) highest quality book here in Germany on a flea market "commemorative book" exhibition was held for the relics of the Daimyos of the notheast district" learning from the past Count Date Okimune The picture on the left inside this book, shows the Ka Mon which we talk about here, perhaps someone can translate the writings around the picture. Perhaps it explains the further meaning to the Date clan here?? Thank you in advance!

thank you Bruce!

you'r right Piers but I found this, please have a look

hello guys is this Mon a Ka Mon of the Date clan? Many thanks for your afforts!

currently Aoi Art offers a nice Yasuoki which is in my opinion with Jishin siganture for comparison

Nicholas the depicted Yasuoki looks Dai saku ,of what was written about this signature Han Bing Siong also wrote about Yasuoki's signature, one of his student's later named Yasumune often works and signed with Yasuoki's name, during Yasuoki's military servive

Sarute from Minatogawa Tachi I remember very well a so called very "nice collector"(here in Germany) who forced me to buy a Kai Gunto from the Minatogawa shrine (the earliest known date August 1941) claiming I owed him something!! The first thing, he removed with scissor's was the original textile sarute!! I was very sure,the sword had now fallen into the right hands. However, it was more important to him, to resell it quickly for a lagre profit, even though he promised, he would never do that! Its a shame that there were enough idiot's back then who thought they had knowledgeand, out of ignorance destroy irreplaceable original's without coercion. Here's another original, that thank Godness didn't fall into the hands of such idiot's

looks absolutly untouched very nice Arthur

thank you Ed yes unusally long (69,9 cm) for a Yasukuni shrine sword interesting topic !

many thanks dear collector colleagues for your kind help!!!

and precisely because the chinese copies are getting better and better

I don't think its irrelevant to know what an original looks,(unless you already know everything you need to know, to recognize what fake is, even a fake is well made. In my humble experience, you learn best, when you can compare with good originals.

Kajiyama Yasutoshi's Koshirae with long nagasa with leather combat cover

yes thank you John but what does "koshiyama Motomu kore" mean?

this sword has never been offered on ebay before so I'm sorry to disappoint you Rawa

Dear Gentleman sure someone can read and translate the "soemei" on this Kanesada sword many thanks in advance!

high end early rare original patinated Navy Kyu Gunto with traditional blade

here is one of the original written letters by Kenzo Kotani san Yasunori from my modest collection

let us remember Kenzo Kotani "Yasunori" san fondly, he was a nice person and left us collector's historic high quality Japanese swords

great package Matthew good luck with this sale!!

genuine high quality Kai Gunto for comparison

Tk's a lot Piers again Sakai clan, i guess

need help to identify this Mon many thank's

boys this Yasunobu is as fake as my grandma's dentures